Global warming has been the most significant environmental issue to come to the public's attention in the final quarter of the Twentieth Century. But while most people know what global warming is, convincing folks that it's a real and present danger has been a difficult task, especially since a number of Republican political leaders and leading figures in multi-national business have used their power and influence to question the facts behind the issue, or dismiss scientific evidence as
tree-hugging hysteria. The grassroots efforts of environmental activists to spread the word about the very real dangers of this looming crisis are chronicled in Everything's Cool, a documentary which focuses on a wide variety of concerned people working to shift public opinion, from author Ross Gelbspan and former Vice President Al Gore to ordinary citizens who use chat at work and in elevators to spread the message. The film also looks at how activists used the big-budget sci-fi film The Day After Tomorrow as a springboard to push global warming into public consciousness. Everything's Cool was screened in competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Gold and Helfand paint a considerably livelier cinematic tableau than An Inconvenient Truth as they interview a diverse cross-section of artists, scientists and average Joes who are devoting themselves to the betterment of the environment.
I really liked this film more than I did An Inconvenient Truth, as Everything's Cool made the subject matter into a palatable form that actually made it interesting instead of depressing.
Good documentary that takes a more laid-back approach to Global Warming. Sometimes, the approach is too laid-back, as the filmmakers don't state their case until the final moments of the film. Generally well done.
January 23, 2008
John Miller
A reminder of the big fossil fuel conglomerates/Bush Administration diversion/lie/conspiracy to dupe America and smear scientists warning of the devastating effects Global Warming is and will create. Furthermore, a sad reminder that America's policies are sluggish at best, but worse, an indirect reminder of America's
appetite to consum fossil fuel and continued disregard for caring to change anything about it.
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