Searchers

I loved this film. I loved what it did to me! At the outset of the film, the slow, gentle pace and the beautiful minimalist scenery slowed my pulse, made my breathing even, relaxed my muscles. As the film went on, I found myself more and more swept up in the events, until I was literally sitting on the edge of my seat gasping at the finale. The way in which Kunuk introduces a small plot element that reveals a character's psychological landscape right before an extremely long shot featuring natural landscapes is a request for you to ruminate on the emotional, spiritual, and social situations of the characters. To get caught up in their lives. To care about what happens to them. To put you on the EDGE of your seat by the end of this extremely slow-paced film. It's masterful. I've never seen anything else like it.

Maliglutit (Searchers) is inspired by the 1950 John Ford western "The Searchers". In the original, a white woman is kidnapped by members of the Comanche Nation. In this version, the narrative is flipped and all the characters in the film are Inuit. The film is action packed, suspense filled, and beautifully written and directed. It is at many times calming and then suddenly intense, which makes for a riveting viewing experience. This film would be enjoyed by those who love action, suspense, and thrillers and also those who enjoy broadening their film experience across cultures. Anyone who has watched the 1950's version should watch this remake.

This film was surprisingly captivating considering the slow pace that can make some viewers impatient... But if you let yourself be immersed in the beauty and the drama there will be not a single moment to spare. The story is quite simple but the photography is extraordinary, the music is excellent and scenery of the remote areas are all breathtaking. Best to see it at the cinema to fully appreciate but otherwise see it anyway.

Am I really reading this? An IMDB rating of 6.7! Scribes on this forum seriously awarding this sorry excuse for a motion picture 10/10!

You just can't have it both ways. Start off a movie as a virtual documentary of Inuit practices and then bizarrely try to turn it into a kidnap and chase thriller.

The"acting"(if you could call the collective on - camera awkwardness we see, that) was simply appalling. The dialogue (quite a bit of which wasn't even bothered to be sub - titled) ... dire! Characterisations were non - existent. The filming of the supposed action scenes was hideous. A case in point: the abduction! 6 or 7 minutes of close up silhouettes, murky shadows and muffled voices. And the editing! Somehow the bad guys equipped with a telescope no less, know the outnumbered good guys are coming, lay an ambush, but then are ambushed themselves by the one good guy (his son, sensibly, didn't seem to want a part in it) and we don't really know how it happens. It just does. And then much of the climactic battle is filmed from about 100 meters away from the combatants.

A homage to John Ford and The Searchers? The Coach would be rolling in his grave laughing hysterically.

First of all, I'm ashamed of spending a minute on this garbage, let alone wasting a whooping 1.5 hours being bored to death. This movie has gotta be the most excruciating thing I've gone through and I might refrain from watching any other innuit movie for a long long long time.

I love any movie about trappers, mountain men, Eskimos, etc but this one gave nothing but migraines. Do not watch it, I beg of you.