An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
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: 37
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 2
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.
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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
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It grabs you like a thriller with an ending that will haunt your dreams.
Top CriticJust because truths are inconvenient is no reason to suppose they are not real.
It is utterly convincing, it's emotionally powerful and it makes Gore look more charming than he ever did as a presidential candidate.
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.
Frightening and timely, the smartly organized documentary is an urgent plea for responsibility and action as well as an impassioned call to heed the ominous warnings of science.
A film that invests hard science with impassioned moral drive.
Netflix puts this Oscar winning documentary out again for those who spent the past seven years listening to paid-off-deniers and assorted other Fox News liars.
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.
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.
Gore gets admirable points for using intelligence in his arguments rather than fear
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
Moving, earnest documentary on global warming.
While the preaching is to the converted, the sheer organization, massing and clarity appear conclusive, and the youngish onscreen attendees nod in agreement.
Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, may just be the scariest movie you will see this year.
The ultimate effect of An Inconvenient Truth is not unlike looking down the barrel of a loaded gun.
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' . . .
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).
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April 22, 2008:
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Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace PrizeThat giant bang you heard last week was the sound of Sean Hannity's head exploding. The catalyst for...
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Foreign Titles
- Eine unbequeme Wahrheit (DE)
- Une verite qui derange (FR)
