Planet in Peril (2007)
Cable News Network (CNN)

Description

CNN takes viewers around the world in a comprehensive 3-hour documentary that examines our changing planet. This worldwide investigation, shot in high definition, looks at four key issues: climate change, vanishing habitats, disappearing species and human population growth. To tell this story, Anderson Cooper, Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin traveled to some of the most remote and remarkable places on Earth. From exposing illegal wildlife trading undercover in Southeast Asia to seeing first–hand the devastating effects of deforestation in Brazil, they have gathered evidence on the unsettling changes taking place all around us.

Collected reviews and ratings

9.0 Amazon user reviews

Planet in Peril is a very informational and fascinating piece to watch. You're educated about the issues facing the planet and how it all relates to you.
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8.0 Washington Post | Tom Shales

Love him or loathe him, Cooper has a singular style that makes him unmistakably unique and a genuine talent for making the arcane and complex accessible.
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6.0 PopMatters.com | Cynthia Fuchs

... Planet in Peril is a remarkably wide-reaching program. It points the way toward more in-depth investigations and above all, insists on the interconnections among ecosystems and human activities.
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4.0 Variety | Brian Lowry

Despite the arresting title and imagery, this latest CNN documentary feels more like a showboating travelogue than a sober exploration of environmental issues.
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4.0 New York Times | Neil Genzlinger

Anderson Cooper, Jeff Corwin and Dr. Sanjay Gupta rack up frequent-flier miles hopping to spots on the globe where rare species are endangered, pollution is unchecked and so on. They mix standard reporting with that annoying “I am the story” approach journalists use when they think viewers aren’t sophisticated enough to be concerned about an important issue for its own sake.
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