Welcome to Longyearbyen, the only settlement in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. Situated 300 miles from the North Pole, where polar bears outnumber humans, and bearing the distinction of being the northernmost town in the world, Longyearbyen is a community with an unforgiving climate, dreary isolation and an uncertain economic future. Like many small towns, Longyearbyen was once a bustling industrial hub that's now struggling to find innovative ways to sustain itself. This Cold Life is filmmaker Darren Mann's visually stunning portrait that illuminates a tight-knit group of colourful and resourceful residents who are dedicated to preserving the land they call home. Through charming individual reflections, including two men who fought to change a law to establish a brewery and become the town's only export, we experience what it's like to live in unity for our neighbours' well-being.
This Cold Life has generally received very positive reviews.
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This Cold Life was released in 2017 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 2 reviews, giving This Cold Life (2017) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed This Cold Life a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 76%, This Cold Life is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2017, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2017 with similar scores include films like Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Good Time.
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