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  • Countdown to Zero
  • Opened July 23, 2010 (Limited) | Runtime:1 hr 30 min
  • PG
    thematic material, images of destruction and incidental smoking
  • COUNTDOWN TO ZERO traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that Read More
  • Cast: Valerie Plame Wilson, Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Lawrence Scott Sheets, Zia Mian, Pervez Musharraf
  • Director: Lucy Walker
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Documentary

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  • Must Go!

    See it

    For people like me who grew up in the '50s and remember doing air raid drills, this documentary is a good reminder of the insanity of nuclear war between states. This film adds possibility now of nuclear terrorism. Very unsettling and a spur to motivate renewed popular effort to rid the world of these weapons.

    This should be a must-see for younger generations, and I would combine with another great documentary, "The Day after Trinity."

  • No

    Tragically Omits Life-Saving Strategies

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    No surprise the new 'Countdown to Zero' disarmament documentary omits life-saving strategies from their agenda of banning nukes, like advocating public Civil Defense, to try and better survive nukes in the meantime.

    In a tragic irony, the disarmament movement has rendered millions of American families even more vulnerable to perishing from nukes in the future. The greatest tragedy of that horrific loss of life, when nukes come to America, will be that most families had needlessly perished, out of ignorance of how easily they might have avoided becoming additional casualties, all because they were duped that it was futile to ever try to learn how to beforehand.
    I'm out of room here, but see ***ki4u.com/countdowntozero.htm for proof of above.

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    One of the better documentaries in a while

    Countdown To Zero was informative, while entertaining. It kept a good pace and didn't feel long or boring to watch. It also seemed to have good view points from a variety of people, and not only discussed the dangers of nations possessing nuclear weapons, but also offered a solution on how to eliminate them. As far as being informative, it was good at explaining things in depth that almost anyone can understand, without getting bogged down with too many specifics that would confuse the audience or be extra details that don't really lend anything to the story.

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Go Avg. Critic Score 70 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Countdown to Zero makes old terrors radioactively new again.

  • 90
    Wall Street Journal |

    As odd as it may sound, it's a remarkably beautiful movie.

  • 90
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Inspired in part by the success of "An Inconvenient Truth," the makers of...

  • 80
    New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier

    There are suggestions to help us sleep more easily, but the point is to wake us...

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