An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
A decade after the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore is back in this follow-up documentary directed by Audrie & Daisy helmers Bonnie Cohen and Jon Shenk.
Vice President Al Gore continues his tireless fight, travelling around the world training an army of climate champions and influencing international climate policy. Cameras follow him behind the scenes - in moments private and public, funny and poignant - as he pursues the empowering notion that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.
- Director:
- Bonni Cohen ('Audrie & Daisy', 'The Rape of Europa')Jon Shenk ('Audrie & Daisy', 'The Island President', 'Lost Boys of Sudan')
- Cast:
- Al Gore
Reviews & comments
A slow burner (pun intended)
An Inconvenient Sequel is very much a continuation. Very little new information is portrayed beyond using the opportunity to justify his original film. It does get interesting when we get to the Paris Agreement, and it was interesting to see the reasoning behind the opposition. While it may come across as tooting his own horn as to how they got India to...
Thoroughly enjoyable
i really enjoyed a preview of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power (a mouthful of a title!) at the Roxy today. It was very well made, gripping, enlightening, and spectacular in places, also sad. Al Gore was the perfect host, and i appreciated getting to know him better through this film. It will receive an award or two -- go see it!
A Gore-fest!
Starts off with a bang, showing the effects of climate change in the 11 years since the original film. Images of natural disasters, coupled with damning statistics, are shocking to witness. The emotional testimony of flood survivors is heart wrenching. However, things slow down when the doco focuses on Gore's involvement in the Paris accord, overplaying his...
Thought provoking
Found myself still thinking about this film hours and days later. Perhaps nothing new in the description of the climate crisis but the message of hope and the encouragement for everyone to do something small very inspiring. Al Gore is certainly totally committed to spreading his message.
Vulture
pressFor those of us who need no convincing of the truth of man-made climate change, but find the problem too paralyzingly abstract, Gore's workmanlike methods are both fascinating, encouraging, and, yes, even a little exciting.
Time Out
pressThe serious issue of global warming won't be minimised by a mediocre documentary, but it has yet to find a filmmaker inflamed with rage and visual passion.
The New York Times
pressIn a summer movie landscape with Spider-Man, a simian army waging further battle for the planet and Charlize Theron as a sexy Cold War-era superspy, it says something that one of the most compelling characters is Al Gore.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe movie... can hardly hope to create the sensation of its Oscar-winning predecessor. But it finds plenty to add, both in cementing the urgency of Gore's message and in finding cause for hope.
FilmInk
pressFor those who understand the threat of climate change, this will be a timely reminder of its ever important place in contemporary society…
Vulture
pressFor those of us who need no convincing of the truth of man-made climate change, but find the problem too paralyzingly abstract, Gore's workmanlike methods are both fascinating, encouraging, and, yes, even a little exciting.
Time Out
pressThe serious issue of global warming won't be minimised by a mediocre documentary, but it has yet to find a filmmaker inflamed with rage and visual passion.
The New York Times
pressIn a summer movie landscape with Spider-Man, a simian army waging further battle for the planet and Charlize Theron as a sexy Cold War-era superspy, it says something that one of the most compelling characters is Al Gore.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe movie... can hardly hope to create the sensation of its Oscar-winning predecessor. But it finds plenty to add, both in cementing the urgency of Gore's message and in finding cause for hope.
FilmInk
pressFor those who understand the threat of climate change, this will be a timely reminder of its ever important place in contemporary society…
A slow burner (pun intended)
An Inconvenient Sequel is very much a continuation. Very little new information is portrayed beyond using the opportunity to justify his original film. It does get interesting when we get to the Paris Agreement, and it was interesting to see the reasoning behind the opposition. While it may come across as tooting his own horn as to how they got India to...
Thoroughly enjoyable
i really enjoyed a preview of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power (a mouthful of a title!) at the Roxy today. It was very well made, gripping, enlightening, and spectacular in places, also sad. Al Gore was the perfect host, and i appreciated getting to know him better through this film. It will receive an award or two -- go see it!
A Gore-fest!
Starts off with a bang, showing the effects of climate change in the 11 years since the original film. Images of natural disasters, coupled with damning statistics, are shocking to witness. The emotional testimony of flood survivors is heart wrenching. However, things slow down when the doco focuses on Gore's involvement in the Paris accord, overplaying...
Thought provoking
Found myself still thinking about this film hours and days later. Perhaps nothing new in the description of the climate crisis but the message of hope and the encouragement for everyone to do something small very inspiring. Al Gore is certainly totally committed to spreading his message.
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