Inconvenient Truth: Movie Review

I saw the movie. I saw Al Gore's slide show at a conference on philanthropy and climate change in February.  I've been to the website. I have been deluged with newspaper columns on the film. I have heard two separate features on NPR about Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth.  Suffice it to say I've been satiated with the topic lately.

I won't say much but my recommendation is as follows: See An Inconvenient Truth.  It's nothing like Fahrenheit 9/11. It treats the watcher like a thinking person and provides information in a way that is both respectful of the audience's emotional state and intelligence.  I think that whether or not you know or care anything about the issue the movie is interesting to watch. 

Interesting facts abound; perspectives abound.  Al Gore gives a non-angry, non-partisan explanation as to how our democracy got itself to a place where the US is only one of two advanced countries that do not acknowledge that global warming is caused by man and that humanity can do something about it. (The other country is Australia).  Although there are parts of the movie that are a bit like an Al Gore autobiography, it is mainly done within the context of how he became interested in climate change.  If you don't like him (I do) you might find 5 - 8 minutes annoying. But those self indulgent minutes do not take away from the interesting and thoughtful main body of this documentary.

You will not be depressed walking out.  The problem is solvable.  The message is frightening but hopeful.