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An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 158
Fresh: 147 | Rotten: 11

While global warming is a hotly-debated subject, what everyone on both sides can agree upon is that, if real, it's a very bad thing. Since losing the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush, former Vice President Al Gore has busied himself by being an outspoken figure against this potential environmental disaster. As much about the man as about greenhouse gases, this candid, powerful and informative documentary illuminates some of the myths surrounding both of its subjects equally well.

Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 33 | Rotten: 2

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Former vice president Al Gore shares his concerns on the pressing issue of global warming in this documentary. A long-time environmental activist, Gore first became aware of evidence on global warming in the 1970s, and since leaving public office he has become a passionate advocate for large- and small-scale changes in our laws and lifestyles that could help alleviate this crisis. An Inconvenient Truth records a multi-media presentation hosted by Gore in which he discusses the scientific facts

PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Documentary, Special Interest

Directed By: Davis Guggenheim

In Theaters: May 24, 2006 Limited

On DVD: Nov 21, 2006

Box Office:$23.7M

Paramount Classics

It grabs you like a thriller with an ending that will haunt your dreams.

November 24, 2006 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

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Just because truths are inconvenient is no reason to suppose they are not real.

October 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor

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Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

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The film succeeds powerfully, even though it's short on practical solutions, makes some questionable statements of fact and, given Gore's current ambiguous position in public life, requires a tighter focus on the message than on the messenger.

June 22, 2006 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

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Political will, Gore suggests, is a renewable resource. Maybe he has rediscovered his. And maybe, we figure, after we've seen it, we should discover ours.

June 16, 2006 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

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A film that invests hard science with impassioned moral drive.

June 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Amy Biancolli

Houston Chronicle

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Matter of fact, it's surprisingly entertaining, if ultimately shocking.

June 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Detroit News

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Tom Long

Detroit News

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Those attacking Al Gore as a misinformed prophet or political crybaby likely never watched the film. Holding court with genial wit and warmth, Gore emphasizes his slide content's morals and ethics over its politics and ends on practicality, not panic.

September 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com

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Nick Rogers

Suite101.com

An adequate enough way to get the point across, but I can't help but wonder what the raves for this film are really about.

September 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Film and Felt

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Gabe Leibowitz

Film and Felt

Gore gets admirable points for using intelligence in his arguments rather than fear

August 30, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Gone is the excruciatingly wooden, heavily-made up candidate from the controversial 2000 Presidential election. In his place, the team from An Inconvenient Truth shows you the Gore democrats wish the voting public had seen%u2014a comfortable, enthusiastic

August 21, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com

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Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com Source: ReelzChannel.com

Moving, earnest documentary on global warming.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Cynthia Fuchs

Common Sense Media

While the preaching is to the converted, the sheer organization, massing and clarity appear conclusive, and the youngish onscreen attendees nod in agreement.

March 4, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews

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Donald J. Levit

ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, may just be the scariest movie you will see this year.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com

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Brandon Fibbs

BrandonFibbs.com

The ultimate effect of An Inconvenient Truth is not unlike looking down the barrel of a loaded gun.

July 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Stranger Song

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Rob Humanick

Stranger Song

Reminded me of Kurt Vonnegut's dictum that mankind's epitaph one day will be 'we could have saved ourselves, but we were too lazy and cheap to do so' . . .

May 10, 2007 Comment

James O'Ehley

SA Movie & DVD Magazine

Gore offers prescriptions for change ... and vows to communicate as far and wide as possible to get his message home (and remain in the public's Democratic eye).

February 10, 2007 Full Review Source: JWR

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S. James Wegg

JWR

Highly recommended even if Al Gore is incapable of getting at the root cause of global warming.

January 4, 2007 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

Apesar de ter uma estrutura similar ao dos filmes que enfocam espet�culos de stand-up comedy (o que compromete sua fluidez), este document�rio traz informa��es absurdamente importantes que s�o transmitidas com clareza pelo carism�tico Gore.

December 31, 2006 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

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An Inconvenient Truth is probably one of the biggest folly's I've ever seen in a documentary. The film since its release has been proven false by so many scientists that it should be called An Inconvenient Lie. This film is pure propaganda designed to scare you. Nothing in this film is true. Not only that, but Al Gore

August 9, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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It�(TM)s a moving, emotional romp in the life as we know it, and what it will be many years from now. It portrays all this technical jargon in such way that even the unsophisticated could comprehend. Taken from a holistical standpoint, An Inconvenient Truth tells us of the beauty of the world, the universe and life

July 12, 2011