Calling The Unforeseen a documentary somehow feels crass. It's a work of art.
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02/29/08
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The Unforeseen (2007)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:28
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: A calm documentary that doesn't resort to shrill polemics, The Unforeseen also benefits from great interview subjects and jaw-dropping cinematography.
Theatrical Release:Feb 29, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Laura Dunn's feature-length directorial debut is a profoundly stirring, visually stunning, and emotionally overpowering work of epic beauty. Sharing a kinship with the film's executive producer,... [More]
Starring: Robert Redford, Willie Nelson, Ann Richards, Wendell Berry
Director: Laura Dunne
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Reviews for The Unforeseen
a striking debut
02/28/08
The movie wavers between Sundance-friendly issue film and spiritual reverie.
02/28/08
Add The Unforeseen to the catalog of artfully produced nonfiction films that show how humans are screwing up the planet.
02/28/08
Top CriticWe can appreciate the film’s good intentions, but we can’t shake the feeling that we’ve been talked down to, rather than informed.
02/27/08
One of the great documentaries of our time, The Unforeseen is a rapturous nightmare.
02/27/08
The movie's glacial pace and willingness to let its mind and eye wander that produces its spiritual and intellectual heft—not to mention its atypical visual splendor.
02/27/08
Top CriticShots of musty skylines don't pack much power in this post-Inconvenient Truth era, where every luxury hi-rise is advertised as a 'green building.'
02/02/08
The director makes a convincing case against the extremism of property rights when those rights trample on the needs of the public.
01/31/08
It provides a multilayered examination of what it means for society to "develop" and "grow" while depleting its natural resources.
11/14/07
A beautiful, soulful work about real estate development and sprawl, focused on Austin's beloved Barton Springs, and if you think that's impossible you haven't seen it.
03/20/07
Top CriticThe kind of transformative viewing experience that has made the current period a golden age for nonfiction film.
01/31/07
Top CriticAlthough Dunn focuses on the particular situation as it has unfolded in Austin, the film is universal, working as a microcosmic model of similar struggles taking place all over the country.
01/27/07
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