Review of Aurora Borealis (1990) by Joey D — 13 Apr 2008

The only redeeming quality is Donald Sutherland's dead-on portrayal of an old man slowly degenerating to scenility.

This review of Aurora Borealis (1990) was written by Joey D on 13 Apr 2008.

Aurora Borealis has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Janet S (87) on 08 Jun 2007

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By Chris C (2,693) on 16 Jun 2010

Good performances, not the best script. Which leads to this to be nothing more than an average flick…

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By Mike D (1,303) on 07 Oct 2007

Although it is overloaded with backstory and often tries too hard, Aurora Borealis finds a reasonable balance between romance and family drama…

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By John D (2,323) on 07 Nov 2008

A beautiful, simple, sad and sweet, heartwarming movie with great acting of Sutherland, and my dream-guy Joshua...nice musics...Mmmm I like…

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By Jean-Paul F (65) on 08 Sep 2007

Sutherland is incredible, to bad the rest of the film can't hold up to his level of talent…

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By J L (544) on 20 Apr 2009

Donald Sutherland is always great, Pacey wasn't horrible, and Juliette Lewis wasn't idiotic. That being said, not a bad movie…

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By Terri H (1,064) on 24 Jul 2008

I love this movie. joshua jackson is a great actor…

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By Jenifer M (79) on 28 Oct 2009

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING! I really like Juliette Lewis too and was really wanting this movie to be good but it was not so much…

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