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The Icebreaker

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2016 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and a lukewarm 5.9 out of 10 from audiences, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for action fans. If you loved A Night to Remember or Deepwater Horizon, start here.
The mood
Exciting.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr.
What might put you off
It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

The story is based on the real events of 1985. The team of a Russian polar icebreaker “Mikhail Gromov” discovered a giant iceberg. The ship came into collision while attempting to take cover from the weather and is forced to drift with ice along the Amundsen Sea coast. The crew of “Gromov” spent 133 days of polar night trying to find a way out of their icy trap. They have no room for mistakes; one wrong move and the vessel is crushed by ice.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesBelow par

    5.9 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 18K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Nikolay Khomeriki

  • Pyotr FyodorovПетров
  • Sergey PuskepalisСевченко
  • Anna MikhalkovaГалина
  • Olga SmirnovaЛюда
  • Aleksandr YatsenkoЦимбалистый
  • Aleksandr PalКукушкин
  • Vitaliy KhaevБанник
  • Dmitriy PodnozovDolgov
  • Igor KhripunovTikhonov
  • Anatoly KhropovChernogortsev, staremech