Critic Reviews

Nearly three hours long, and deliberately paced at that, this first feature ever in the Inuit language is a demanding experience. But the rewards for those who risk the journey are simply extraordinary.

The first-ever screenplay written in the Inuit language, Inuktitut -- and the first time's a charm.

Don't miss The Fast Runner. If you do, you will deprive yourself of not only one of the most intriguing feature-film projects in decades and enough plain-spoken anthropology for three credits at Harvard, but one of the most flat-out entertaining movies of the year.

Stunning, fully formed masterpiece.

Not merely an interesting document from a far-off place; it is a masterpiece.

It is a ripping yarn and a spectacularly new and odd vision.

Some may find it slow. I found it utterly spellbinding.

So elemental in its means yet so cosmic in its drama, it could herald a rebirth of cinema.

A landmark movie that becomes a priceless entryway into a distant land and its people, few of whom will ever seem as foreign and far away again.

This is quite possibly the best Canadian film of all time.