Dull movie, but good documentary

Rating: 6/10 (1 September 2014)

The several parts of the movie have different intensity. While the beginning and the end both bear a strong emotional context, the middle is watched more as a documentary with breathtaking landscapes, close ups on the impact of the harsh weather on human beings, and survival techniques in the tundra.
Ed Harris has a great acting but its famousness made me difficult not to see him as an actor, opposed to others. Probably because he kept his American accent, contrary to Colin Farrell who dropped it against a Polish one.
The group dynamics started in a very interesting direction with many antagonist characters, but immediately wore off with no particular reason while there was many (e.g. food sharing with stranger, direction, ..).
Overall the storyline is also relative to the intensity, which means apart from the first 20 and last 10 minutes nothing much really happen, apart from anecdotes on respective lives.