An Inconvenient Truth – Film Review

‘An Inconvenient Truth’, a documentary by director Davis Guggenheim, has the former US Vice President Al Gore take the audience through what we call ‘Global Warming’ , exposing the myths & misconceptions about it. The fact that we are causing an irreparable damage to the earth becomes glaring especially when Gore shows a balance with earth on one side & gold on the other. Erroneously we choose the latter and how! Below are excerpts of reviews.

By Larry West in About.com Guide

http://environment.about.com/od/aninconvenienttruth/fr/goremovie.htm

It is hard to imagine anything more boring in concept than a documentary film of a politician presenting a slide show about a complex scientific subject. But this is no ordinary slide show, Al Gore is no ordinary politician, and An Inconvenient Truth is almost certain to be the most important film you will see this year—or any year.

In An Inconvenient Truth, Gore combines objective scientific evidence, humor and personal insights to create a powerful 80-minute exploration of what he clearly believes is the most critical issue of this or any other time in human history.

Gore has been a student of climate change since the 1960s. He knows his subject, he has done his homework, and he presents a compelling case for urgent and immediate action to turn back global warming.

Gore is clearly passionate about his subject. His mission is not merely to inform, but to motivate. He wants his audience not only to understand, but to take action. As Gore explained during a question and answer session at a preview of the film I attended in early May, "If you believe the science, then what else matters?"

By David Remnick in The New Yorker 
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/24/060424ta_talk_remnick#ixzz0sPZHXL93

“An Inconvenient Truth” is, to be perfectly honest (and there is no way of getting around this), a documentary film about a possibly retired politician giving a slide show about the dangers of melting ice sheets and rising sea levels. It has a few lapses of mise en scène. Sometimes we see Gore gravely talking on his cell phone—or gravely staring out an airplane window, or gravely tapping away on his laptop in a lonely hotel room—for a little longer than is absolutely necessary. And yet, as a means of education, “An Inconvenient Truth” is a brilliantly lucid, often riveting attempt to warn Americans off our hellbent path to global suicide. “An Inconvenient Truth” is not the most entertaining film of the year. But it might be the most important.