▁of ▁the ▁world ▁only ▁to ▁per ish ; ▁film , ▁the ▁history - alter ing ▁subst ance ▁that ▁records , ▁inform s , ▁pres erves , ▁gives ▁joy , ▁cons umes ▁itself , ▁and ▁k ills ; ▁Daw son ▁City , ▁the ▁town ▁that ▁spr ang ▁up ▁on ▁fro zen ▁land , ▁fl our ishing ▁by ▁imp over ishing ▁another ▁population ; ▁the ▁cy clic al ▁cat ast roph es ▁from ▁which ▁it ▁continued ▁to ▁re build ▁itself . ▁Not ▁only ▁are ▁both ▁nit rate ▁film ▁and ▁Daw son ▁City ▁expressions ▁of ▁human ity ’ s ▁irre press ible ▁cre ativity , ▁they ▁are ▁also ▁both ▁expressions ▁of ▁human ity ’ s ▁irre press ible ▁destruct iveness ." ▁Gl enn ▁Ken ny ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁pra ised ▁the ▁film ▁" as ▁an ▁instant ane ously ▁recogn izable ▁master pie ce ." ▁ ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes ▁reports ▁a ▁ 1 0 0 % ▁appro val ▁rating ▁based ▁on ▁ 5 4 ▁reviews , ▁with ▁a ▁weight ed ▁average ▁of ▁ 8 . 0 8 / 1 0 . ▁The ▁site ' s ▁cons ensus ▁reads : ▁" D aw son ▁City : ▁Fro zen ▁Time ▁takes ▁a ▁patient ▁look ▁at ▁the ▁past ▁through ▁long - lost ▁film ▁foot age ▁that ▁reve als ▁much ▁more ▁than ▁g lim ps es ▁at ▁life ▁through ▁the ▁camera ' s ▁l ens ". ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Official ▁tra iler ▁on ▁YouTube ▁Tra iler ▁on ▁V ime o ▁ ▁Category : 2 0 1 6