''Borealis'' is a 2015 Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Sean Garrity. The film stars

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whose daughter Aurora (

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) suffers from a degenerative eye disease, who takes her on a road trip to Churchill to see the Northern Lights before she goes blind; however, the duo are simultaneously pursued by Tubby (

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), a loan shark to whom Jonah owes $100,000 in

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debt. The cast also includes

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and

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. Chernick, the film's screenwriter, wrote the film after his wife responded to ''

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'', his prior collaboration with Garrity, by asking him to make a film they could actually let their young daughter see. His original idea had been for the road trip to be to

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, but changed the destination to Churchill after realizing that several other movies, including '' Going the Distance'' and '' Foreverland'', had already depicted characters taking road trips to Tofino.

Reception

The film has a user rating of 5.6 due to mixed critic reviews on

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. Darren Wall received a

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nomination for Best Visual Effects at the

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in 2016."Local artists, productions up for screen awards". ''

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'', January 20, 2016.

References

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* 2015 films Canadian road comedy-drama films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Sean Garrity Films shot in Manitoba Films set in Manitoba 2010s road comedy-drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films English-language road comedy-drama films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub