At the Edge of the World
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2009
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  • Summary: The 3rd Antarctic Campaign undertaken by the controversial Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was arguably "the perfect combination of imperfections" and the actions taken to stop a Japanese whaling fleet were astonishingly reckless and admirable. The international volunteer crew, though under-trained and poorly equipped, has developed a combination of bizarre and brilliant tactics with which to stop the whalers. (Wealth Effects Media) … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Elena Oumano
    90
    By turns stupendously beautiful and grimly terrifying, and best appreciated in a movie theater.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    80
    The summer season's most surprising and thought-provoking documentary.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: S. James Snyder
    60
    These ragtag rebels exude an infectious determination, and while director Dan Stone fails in the adrenaline department, he succeeds in bringing home a memorable portrait of resilience.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    20
    A documentary with too much dead time between the arduous tasks at hand, never grabs a viewer because -- sad to say -- it's too dull.

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