Northern Borders

Northern Borders is a 2013 American drama film written and directed by Jay Craven and starring Bruce Dern, Geneviève Bujold and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick. It is based on the novel of the same name by Howard Frank Mosher.[1]

Northern Borders
Film poster
Directed byJay Craven
Produced by
Written byJay Craven
Based onNorthern Borders
by Howard Frank Mosher
StarringBruce Dern
Geneviève Bujold
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick
Music byJeff Claus
Judy Hyman
CinematographyJames B. Heck
Edited byJonah Greenstein
Josh Melrod
Production
company
Kingdom County Productions
Distributed byScreen Media Films
Release date
  • April 9, 2013 (2013-04-09)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

In 1956, Austen Kittredge is sent to live with his conservative grandparents in Vermont. Austen Sr. and Abiah have lived together for 50 years but they won't even speak to each other directly and actually despise each other. Austen, called "Tut" by his Egypt-obsessed grandmother (the daughters are Nefertiti and Cleopatra), must do farm chores, even though he doesn't like the idea. Austen also goes to school and meets Theresa, whose family is very poor. In addition to dealing with the conflicts between his grandparents, Austen must deal with their efforts to overcome reluctance to join the modern world.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on five reviews, with an average rating of 6.08/10."[2] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 44 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]

Peter Keough of The Boston Globe wrote, "Craven's erratic tonal shifts from the whimsical to the sentimental trip up the episodic plot."[4] Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times wrote, "The most interesting thing about the movie is its origin story."[5]

References
  1. Scheck, Frank (15 January 2015). "'Northern Borders': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. "Northern Borders (2015)". Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
  3. "Northern Borders". Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via www.metacritic.com.
  4. Keough, Peter (9 April 2015). "A pair of curmudgeons in 'Northern Borders'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. Genzlinger, Neil (15 January 2015). "An Education on Camera and Behind It". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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