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Avg. Critic Score: 63 out of 100 Generally favorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 OK for kids 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 88
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    The word bears repeating, so everyone from Andrew Weil to Stephen Hawking to Mikhail Gorbachev is here to speak the still-inconvenient truth. The filmmaking, however, is far more relentless than in that Oscar-winning Al Gore slide show. Read full review

  • 80
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    An unnerving, surprisingly affecting documentary about our environmental calamity, is such essential viewing. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    Thankfully for audiences, 11th Hour is not without hope. The filmmakers save the most exhilarating portion for last when they ask what's being done about the problems. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    An impassioned ecology-themed documentary that ultimately is more rewarding for informational than cinematic reasons. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Justin Chang

    Presents the viewer with reams of depressing data, loads of hand-wringing about the woeful state of humanity and, finally, some altogether fascinating ideas about how to go about solving the climate crisis. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    This activist documentary -- alternately impassioned, despairing, edifying, and hectoring about all the ways humans are screwing up the earth in a death rattle of hubris -- shouts, People, do something! In contrast, "An Inconvenient Truth" feels positively hushed. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today |

    The 11th Hour is a bit like "An Inconvenient Truth" at Woodstock: a little spacey, a little preoccupied with self-love and prone to the occasional freakout. Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post |

    The picture almost beats its theme to death -- the first hour is enough -- but the imaginative designers dreaming up a cleaner future end this Cassandra cry on an upbeat note. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    There's some serious food for thought here. Read full review

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This movie, for all its noble intentions, is a bore. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says OK for kids 13+ DiCaprio headlines talky global warming docu.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that although this environmental documentary is very talky, tweens and teens may be interested thanks to producer/star Leonardo DiCaprio. The film addresses some complicated issues in language that may go over younger kids' heads. It also includes repeated, potentially upsetting images of environmental disasters and their aftermath, including floods (Katrina, Europe), wildfires, earthquakes, melting ice caps, endangered furry animals, and impoverished human populations.
  • Families can talk about the debate over global warming, and whether it results from human excesses or inevitable natural changes. Is the debate purely environmental, or are there political and social aspects, too? Does DiCaprio's involvement in the film make you more or less inclined to believe what it says? Why? What do you think of the film's proposal that we can all contribute to fighting global warming? What sorts of things can individuals do? Where could you go for more information on the topics the film brings up?
The good stuff
  • message true3 Positive messages: Testimonials from eloquent, sincere, intelligent experts, advocating respect for the planet.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Some shots of environmental devastation: floods, hurricanes, fires, earthquakes. These shots are general, with only a few faces visible, but they might upset younger viewers.
  • sex false0 Sex: Not an issue
  • language false0 Language: Not an issue
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Mentions or brief images of Exxon Mobil, Mountain Dew.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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