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  • 2006
  • R
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2006
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  • 1 h 50 m

Summary Ever since the premature death of his father, 25-year-old Minneapolis slacker Duncan (Jackson) is content with shuffling aimlessly through life, hanging out with his lifelong friends, and ditching one dead-end job after another. Duncan takes a job as a handyman in a high-rise that allows him to be near his gravely ill grandfather Ronald ...

Directed By: James C.E. Burke

Written By: Brent Boyd

  • 2006
  • R
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 50 m

Aurora Borealis

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Ever since the premature death of his father, 25-year-old Minneapolis slacker Duncan (Jackson) is content with shuffling aimlessly through life, hanging out with his lifelong friends, and ditching one dead-end job after another. Duncan takes a job as a handyman in a high-rise that allows him to be near his gravely ill grandfather Ronald ...

Directed By: James C.E. Burke

Written By: Brent Boyd

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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38% Positive
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62% Mixed
8 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
58
38% Positive
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62% Mixed
8 Reviews
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The real surprise here is Lewis, who seems to have finally hit on a role that balances her usual flakiness with smarts and an offbeat poignancy, and she delivers the strongest work of her adult career.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
70
Alternately breezy and profound, pic hits enough emotional chords to connect with audiences, which will be charmed by a newly mature Joshua Jackson, a deeply aged Donald Sutherland and a friskily romantic Juliette Lewis.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
63
The latest "Dawson's Creek" alumnus to break out of his WB bonds, Joshua Jackson proves himself all grown up in this sweetly scrappy indie.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
60
Although it is overloaded with backstory and often tries too hard, Aurora Borealis finds a reasonable balance between romance and family drama.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
50
The script offers neither character revelations nor plot twists. It unfolds by the numbers, like the product of an amateur screenwriter's salon. Its second-hand ideas originate in movies ranging from 1960's "The Apartment" to 1997's "The Ice Storm."
By Bill White FULL REVIEW
50
Most successful in capturing the emotional elements of its story, the film relies on its excellent cast to balance out sketchily drawn characters and the unfortunate obviousness of its plot.
By Kevin Crust FULL REVIEW
50
The fixation of independent movies on the arrested development of bourgeois dullards may have less to do with the relevance of the topic than the class of people who get to make movies. Whatever the case, James Burke directs from a screenplay by Brent Boyd.
By Nathan Lee FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Entitled Entertainment, Rick Bieber Productions, Front & Centre Prod. Inc.
Release Date Sep 15, 2006
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Love is the hardest job to hold. Love. The only job worth holding.
Website http://www.auroramovie.net/
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Awards

Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
RiverRun International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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