Summary
Hoping to leave behind troubled days in the Baltimore city police department, Nate Burns journeys to Alaska, where he takes up a quiet life as a small-town sheriff and begins a romance with spirited bush pilot Meg Galligan). But when Meg's father turns up dead, Burns finds himself thrust into the limelight of a dangerous murder investigation.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 57GoodWatch 59
IMDb5.7
Running time
2 h
A typical length for dramas, +11 min on the typical 109
typical 109120Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 126 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
+116Released
2009
March 21, 2009
17 years ago
Genres
TV MovieDramaMysteryRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Canada
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchBinge-FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 11 more14 people
- LeAnn RimesMeg Galligan
- Eddie CibrianNate Burns
- Rosanna ArquetteCharlene Galligan
- Jayne EastwoodMayor Hopp
- William MacDonaldDeputy Otto Gruber
- Greg LawsonEd Woolcott
- Christianne HirtCarrie Hawbacker
- Adrian HoughJohn
Billy MerastyJacob
Marty AntoniniBing
Justin Michael CarriereJim Mackie
Alex ArsenaultStephen Thompson
Rod HeatheringtonSgt. Coben
Stephen HuszarPat Galligan
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