Rex Reed says:
"Animal lovers to the alert! Forget about the penguins: A whole new gang of four-legged love makers have arrived to establish squatters’ rights on your hearts. Eight Below, a surprise hit inspired by a true story with the kind of charm, action, adventure and humanity for which I was totally unprepared, is about eight of the most beautiful sled dogs of all time, stranded for six months at the bottom of the earth in the icy wastes of an Antarctic winter, and the incredible things they do to survive while waiting for the people they trust to find and rescue them. This is a movie you will cheer and cherish."
So please, try to reign in your snark. People are trying to make art here.