If you want to know what its like to grow up in very rural Alaska, then this is a spectacular movie. No mistaking the great actors and striking site locations as totally authentic which is enough to make the movie very much worth watching. The plot has a few problems with some ambiguity. It almost feels that the movie was too severely edited - especially at the end. I was never bored, but was wanting at the end.

I loved this film since it depicts modern-day life in Alaskan Inuit communities. But it is a sad story, especially in the way those kids lost their friend like that. I really don't know what actually caused the fight between one of the friends and that other boy. But to try and cover up his death with lies didn't get very far. Mind you, there probably wouldn't be a story to tell if it wasn't for this kind of plot. But I'm surprised that the boys got away with it for as long as they did without getting caught. Eventually, one of the boy's fathers caught on quick and found out since he sensed there were too many inconsistencies with the boys' excuses. The boys even fooled the police for a while beforehand when they were at the police station. Although it's a sad story, I found this one to be like a classic mystery where someone got killed and the perpetrators are trying to cover their tracks. Anyway, this film deserves a 9 out of 10.