I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

I love all the people in this show. But most specially Heimo and Edna and the eldest daughter Milley, Ashley Selden, The Lewis family particularly Cindy.Bob Harte and Family.If only we have a planet which is 100 times bigger than what we have now. We can all have this kind of lifestyle, which I think, God would be more pleased to see us living like this. I think life would be more meaningful than having to live a life which is all created by man. Rules and way of life which doesn't give that much options.I don't know about the music, who made it so depressing and why?

This is the best show on television love it so much.wish it was on all year PastorHartwell.i miss Bob and Rutgers.i really thank god for their attitude toward their lifestyle.there are not many humans that can endure the colds d the winds. I feel the men's beards are going to fall off from the bitter weather. Bathing puzzles me in the winter ,but I know they all have a system for this.the shows are so real and it isn't scripted like other ones are.what puzzles me is the women's personal monthly hygiene..I feel the isolation there is so unreal to most city folk and hard to understand. What I think that is so wonderful is the 24hr nights and the beautiful aurora Boreas is. This is gods way for entertainment and a very peaceful lifestyle. You can't put a dollar amount on how this makes you feel and the solitude ,to me is priceless and full filling.

By far the best 'reality' show I have ever viewed. I have visited Alaska half a dozen times and this series catches the spirit of the place. These are not actors, but real people who share their methods, inner thoughts, and lifestyle for the benefit of the viewer. Very highly recommended. Videography and music are first class. Four groups are featured: a single man in his 60's, a couple of around the same age, a couple of about 30, and a family of 5 with 3 daughters about 20. Be aware that these people hunt and fish in order to eat. As one says, they are not paying someone else to do their killing for them. Thus, a few scenes reflect that. Not gruesome at all, just a fact of life.

This could be such an entertaining show to watch. The scenery is beautiful and the people and the lives they lead are so interesting. It's just soooo hard to watch with the job of editing done.Here's an example of what I mean. Say there are three families they are following. They start with family 1 and show them open up the door and walk outside. They then put up "100 miles west of family 1" and then show family 2 doing something for maybe 2 minutes. They then put up "130 miles south of Family 2" and show family 3 do something for 5 minutes. And on, and on, just jumping around. SO ANNOYING.This seems to be a common way of editing these nature shows. I'm guessing the first show of this kind won an award and now some mindless editors, like for this show, feel it's the creative and cool thing to do. Well, it's not.I don't care about your dumb creative editing, just show these people's lives and stop bouncing around every five minutes. Arrghh, it's so frustrating how they just ruin what could be a great show.