Rating: 2/4 -- A children's choir sings and a graphic of the movie title explodes into ice shards to heighten the dramatic impact. Corny? You bet... Full Review

Rating: 1.5/4 -- Yes, there's some spectacular footage. But there's also an awful lot of filler for a 40-minute movie... Full Review

Rating: 3/4 -- Makes a most compelling and persuasive argument for preserving the rapidly diminishing Arctic ice. Full Review

Rating: 2.5/5 -- [It's] certainly a serious issue, and one that deserves our undivided attention. It's weird, then, that To The Arctic 3D can't really focus on the topic at hand. Full Review

TO THE ARCTIC uses spoonfuls of cuteness — featuring walruses and caribou, though polar bears are its primary animal stars — to make its fairly grim environmental message go down a little easier.

Imax auteur Greg MacGillivray alternates between intimate wildlife saga and majestic views of the North Pole, offering strong visual compensations for its meandering structure, syrupy tone and excessive sampling of Paul McCartney's back catalog.

Rating: 3.5/4 -- Yes, it's a classy affair, but the 40-minute doc's at-times-nerve-wracking power comes from the subjects who put a furry face on the ongoing and daunting issue of climate change.