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Movie Review | Janice Page

‘To the Arctic’ is visually riveting

By Janice Page

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 18, 2012

** 1/2 To the Arctic 3D The latest IMAX nature documentary stars Meryl Streep as a real live polar bear. OK, I made that up. But do any of us doubt that she could have played the mama bear if she had wanted? Instead, Streep merely narrates — performing pious lines aimed at Prius owners — and we wonder what she might have made of a script better matched to the unforced drama of the cinematography. (40 min., G) (Janice Page)

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