The Alaskan wilderness is on spectacular display in RUNNING FREE, a family drama and travelogue foregrounding the plight of the embattled wolverine--"the legendary devil-bear of the North." Alternating between a bare-bones narrative and the breathtaking helicopter photography of its
far-North icescapes, the film aims for the family audience, but ventures too little in the way of character development to engage the viewer.
Garrett (Jesse Montgomery Smith) is a sullen youth who accompanies his naturalist mother Carrie (Jamie Lee Misfeldt) into the Alaskan wilderness to study the migration habits of eagles. Garrett is introduced to One-Paw the wolverine when it b...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins