An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Participant Productions

Description

Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Al Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change in the most talked-about documentary of the year. An audience and critical favorite, An Inconvenient Truth makes the compelling case that global warming is real, man-made, and its effects will be cataclysmic if we don’t act now. Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way: often humorous, frequently emotional, always fascinating.

Collected reviews and ratings

10 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to.
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10 Empire | Helen O'Hara

Powerful, intelligent and surprisingly entertaining, Gore presents a compelling case. You’ll believe a film can change the world.
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9.2 Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

Backed by a beautiful collage of a slide show, Gore engages us in the mysteries of the earth — how the planet looks from space, the craggy prehistorical grandeur of glaciers (and the visible horror of their melting away), what global warming means for weather patterns, trees, oceans, populations.
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7.5 TV Guide | Maitland McDonagh

If not a born performer, he's remade himself as a strong communicator who can condense complicated material without reducing it to sound bites and use terms like "moral imperative" without sounding insincere or proscriptive.
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7.5 Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

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.
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7.0 New York Times | A.O. Scott

That "An Inconvenient Truth" should not have to exist is a reason to be grateful that it does.
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6.0 Variety | Dennis Harvey

Not a naturally ingratiating speaker, and one whose frequent stabs at humor here fall flat, Gore nonetheless builds a persuasive case for immediate action.
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