An Inconvenient Truth Critic Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

Am I acting as an advocate in this review? Yes, I am. I believe that to be "impartial" and "balanced" on global warming means one must take a position like Gore's. There is no other view that can be defended.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Virtually everyone who sees this movie will be galvanized to do something about global warming -- and everyone should see this movie.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

An Inconvenient Truth can't, of course, reveal a future that is still up to us, but by the time you're done watching, the real question is, Which way on God's green earth would you want to err?Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Haunting and inspiring film.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites

Quite apart from its environmental agenda, the film is a reminder that there's no space for substance in political discourse: A 30-second soundbite on global warming could easily be brushed off as tree-hugging rhetoric, but after 100 minutes of level-headed elaboration, it's chillingly undeniable.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Gore keeps us riveted by being charming, literate and profoundly persuasive on a topic that's scarier than anything in a dozen Japanese horror flicks. Vote Gore on this one.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

In an eco-horror show that politely masquerades as a documentary, the former vice president effectively warns of man-made cataclysm.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

The problem with An Inconvenient Truth isn't the message; it's the messenger.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites

Although the message of the film sounds bleak, it is actually quite rousing.Read the full review

The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

As unsettling as it can be, it is also intellectually exhilarating, and, like any good piece of pedagogy, whets the appetite for further study.Read the full review

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