Alaska (1996)
"A missing father. A desperate search. An unforgettable adventure."
ThumbScore
👍 67%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 17%
(RT: 17%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Dirk Benedict as Jake Barnes
Ben Cardinal as Charlie, Quincy Air Service
Kristin Lehman as Florence
Stephen E. Miller as Trooper Sam Harvey
Is Alaska good?
It's divisive. 67% audience score, estimated from 149 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 17%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper across the mountains. During an emergency delivery in a storm his plane goes down somewhere in the mountains. Annoyed that the authorities aren't doing enough, Jessie and Sean set out on an adventure to find their father with the help of a polar bear which they have saved from a ferocious poacher. Conflict ensues. Wikipedia ↗
