Film Review: Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'

A review of a documentary by Al Gore about global warming.

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May 13, 2006, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The film is about Al Gore's efforts to educate the public about global warming, with the goal of creating the political will necessary for the United States to take the lead in efforts to lower global carbon emissions. It is an inspiring film, and is decidedly non-partisan in its outlook...Much of the footage in Inconvenient Truth is of Al Gore giving a slideshow on the science of global warming. Sound boring? Well, yes, a little. But it is a very good slide show, in the vein of Carl Sagan (lots of beautiful imagery, and some very slick graphics and digital animation)...How well does the film handle the science?..."

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