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11th Hour is directed by Nadia Conners and Leila Conners
Petersen. The documentary is narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio,
and features footage with Stephen Hawking, Mikhail Gorbachev,
and David Orr, among others. The music is composed by Jean-Pascal
Beintus and Eric Avery. ***
11th Hour is a documentary film dealing with the planet
Earth and its current set of environmental problems, which
could spell disaster in the long run if they aren't dealt
with now. Numerous individuals are interviewed over the
course of the film's length, and several of them offer their
opinions and strategies for fixing these problems. ***
11th Hour is an eye-opening presentation that sheds
light on plenty of issues currently threatening our planet.
While the doc does feel a little boring and drawn-out at
times, ultimately it's an informative presentation that
sheds new light on problems plaguing our planet. Despite
its shortcomings it's a terrific documentary. ***
The persons involved here do a good job at getting their
point across. The direction in the film is strong, and while
there are moments where the presentation does feel a bit
drawn-out and boring, this is not the fault of the directors
- as this is virtually unavoidable when making a documentary.
Leonardo DiCaprio makes for a fantastic narrator, and the
individuals interviewed all have something worthwhile to
say. ---
Image And Sound:
This is a documentary that takes its video material
from numerous sources. As such, the image quality is all
over the place. Newly-recorded footage looks fantastic,
while older footage suffers and is often grainy. Again though,
these problems are due to the source material, not DVD transfer
issues. The same can be said of the audio, of which the
quality depends on the source. ---
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