The Finnish Line

2024

Adventure / Comedy / Romance

10
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 838 838

Plot summary

Anya follows her father's footsteps in sled dog racing. In Finland, she enters his last race but her lead dog is injured. Teaming with Cole's dog, she battles her father's rival Monty while learning to trust her new canine partner to win.

Director

Dustin Rikert Photo
Dustin Rikert

Top cast

Kim Matula Photo
Kim Matula as Anya
Nichole Bloom Photo
Nichole Bloom as
Beau Mirchoff Photo
Beau Mirchoff as Cole
Níels Thibaud Girerd Photo
Níels Thibaud Girerd as Reporter
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762.05 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 12
1.54 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.41 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
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1 hr 24 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Jackbv123 5 / 10

Finnish culture in Santa's home town.

One of the things that stood out to me in the story was Monty. I really hated him about as much as any Christmas rom/com villain ever. He went out of his way to pick on Anya including dirty tricks on the trail. But isn't it so typical of this kind of story that towards the end he has all kinds of excuses that make him the victim?The race was a little confusing, but I think I figured it out. Anya talked about being so far behind she had too much time to make up that she would never win. Then when the final leg came, the way the movie showed the start and finish, it obscured that fact. I believe the explanation to how the finish could look close is because the start would have been staggered according to amount of time to make up, but it wasn't shown that way. Monty started first, but it looked like Anya left only shortly after that.Then there is the climatic drama along the final leg. I'm not even sure what I think about that.The trouble with rom/coms that center around contests, races, sporting events, etc is that the rom part of the movie gets diminished. I really didn't think Beau Mirchoff and Kim Matula had enough screen time to show much chemistry or explain why Anya and Cole fell in love. I loved Kim Matula last year in the Ghosts of Christmas Always, but I didn't care much for the way Anya got down on herself. Not sure how much that was writing or acting. Probably both.The viewer gets to see a Finnish town that boasts as the home of Santa Claus and some local culture with it.
Reviewed by kenbad1010 6 / 10

Great story but not for the scenery

I don't know why this movie got such a good review rating. While I like the story I just can not believe that they shot this movie in such a beautiful country and blurred out all the landscape scenery. Are you kidding me? Why why would you do that? Do you need lessons in photography? Those scenery shots should have been shot at F-5.6 to F-13 and not at the F-stop your camera person done them in it makes many of the scenes look terrible. Now it looks like any suburb in any country even the not so nice states in the USA. That said I think the acting was great and also the story it's one of those animal stories that warms the heart and makes you happy on a gloomy day. I wish there were many more like it.
Reviewed by cgvsluis 6 / 10

I really enjoyed the setting and traditions of Finland, but the comedy of Lavi makes this film.

I loved Benedikt Gröndal as the Finnish cousin and veterinarian Lavi. His comedy and highlights of Finnish holiday traditions was the best part of this Hallmark holiday romance built around a dog sled race.Kim Matula plays Anya Kivelä, a legacy dog sled racer who has come to Finland to the home of Santa in order to race in the race which was her deceased father's last. And to the reporters' delight she is racing against the same man who beat her father in that infamous race. Along the way Anya meets family members from her father's native Finland and she has supporting her in her corner her best friend and business manager, Elyse.I absolutely loved seeing the dogs and hearing about the Finnish traditions...but really it was Lavi who I enjoyed the most.
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