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11th Hour, The
Warner Independent Pictures


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Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, William McDonough, Bill McKibben, Kenny Ausubel, Janine Benyus, Sylvia Earle Ph.D., Paul Hawken, and Stephen Hawking

The 11th Hour is the last moment when change is possible. The film explores how we’ve arrived at this moment -- how we live, how we impact the earth’s ecosystems, and what we can do to change our course. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolsey and sustainable design experts William McDonough and Bruce Mau in addition to over 50 leading scientists, thinkers and leaders who discuss the most important issues that face our planet and people. (Warner Independent Pictures)

GENRE(S):	Documentary
WRITTEN BY:	Nadia Conners Leonardo DiCaprio Leila Conners Petersen
DIRECTED BY:	Nadia Conners Leila Conners Petersen
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: April 8, 2008 Theatrical: August 17, 2007
RUNNING TIME:	minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

Considerably less slick than "An Inconvenient Truth," and no less urgent.

TV Guide Ken Fox

The one film to see on this most crucial subject.

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.

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.

LA Weekly Judith Lewis

Ultimately a triumph of redemptive ideas that DiCaprio -- God bless his celebrity -- may finally succeed in transporting from the environmental fringe to the mainstream moviegoing audience.

The New York Times Manohla Dargis

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

Premiere Aaron Hillis

As The 11th Hour's message of Profound Importance warrants a four-star rating, the film itself does not.

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

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

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

Arguably a more important movie, which more clearly lays out what must be done to save the world, and how we can begin.

New York Magazine David Edelstein

It isn’t much of a movie (unless your aesthetic was formed in high-school science class), but it will be hugely informative to aliens who land on this planet in a thousand years and wonder why there’s no welcoming committee.

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.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Though the filmmaking isn't everything it might have been (the opening montage is especially clumsy), their argument is compelling, absorbing, and urgent.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

While it's a well-constructed doc, full of relevant information and geared toward those people who still might be fence-sitters on the subject, there's something missing from The 11th Hour's lengthy procession of talking heads: a sense of maddened outrage.

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.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

As much a call to action as a documentary, it's a compelling and sobering lesson in the devastating effect of human industry on the planet. But a lesson nonetheless.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

If you get through the first hour without slitting your throat, the cautiously optimistic last third offers some intriguing options.

USA Today Scott Bowles

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.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Perhaps the most sobering statistic in The 11th Hour: Some 50,000 species a year are disappearing. Someday, it might be humans.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

Like any good religious sermon, it follows its scary vision of hell with a possibility of last-minute redemption.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

In the end, your reaction to "Hour" may depend on your feelings about humanity's collective common sense.

Washington Post Nelson Pressley

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.

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

If it gets people thinking about which light bulbs they buy and their current gas mileage and such, then it's good to have it in the world. It is, however, a panicky blur as documentaries go.

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

Stripped of texture, even the sharpest comments come off as bromides.

Portland Oregonian Marc Mohan

Well-intentioned but overblown environmental agitprop.

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

Feels more like a lecture you've already heard than a galvanizing call to action.

San Francisco Chronicle Joe Garofoli

There's some serious food for thought here.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

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

Empire Helen O'Hara

Too scattershot to land any effective punches.

Village Voice Mike D'Angelo

A cautionary eco-doc so earnest and moth-eaten it should properly be seen on filmstrip during fourth-period social studies.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson

The 11th Hour is slick and passionate, but neither persuasive nor helpful; it's a headache of a film directed like an Errol Morris project, but with half the substance. It's clearly preaching to the choir, but even they may find it off-key.

The average user rating for this movie is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Jay H. gave it a6:
I don't doubt their is a serious environmental problem, but I think this documentary paints an overly grim and exaggerated view. It is informative though, and visually it is excellently done. I remember in the 1970's there was a panic caused about overpopulation, and their doomsday prediction never occurred.

Chris B. gave it a10:
I am giving this film a perfect score based purely on the depth and insight of the message. I am surprised by some of the negative reviews of this film and I can only guess that some people were unaware that it was a documentary. If you enjoyed An Inconvenient Truth even the smallest bit, then this is a must see.

Paul F. gave it an8:
I just finished watching the 11 Hour last night and my impressions were that the wide host of interviewees not only appropriate touched on all the necessary points but that they were amazingly articulate and interesting as well. The Documentary also has some fantastic but often horrific images. These really hit home what those being interviewed had to say. After a while it got a little doom and gloom and I was wondering when they were going to get to the solutions providing a glimmer of hope. Not only did they do this but they gave more time to it than many documentaries on the subject which all to often only lightly touch upon the subject in the last few minutes. That is my biggest problem with the Inconvenient Truth. The 11th Hour also has a whole bonus section entirely devoted to solutions which I thought incredibly wise and will probably have a much greater effect because of it. Though I am thankful Dicaprio produced this timely film unfortunately I think he was the weakest link in it. I felt either a different narrator or none at all would have been best. Overall still it is a must see in my book and I am thankful we have yet another wonderful environmental documentary out there.

Joe S. gave it a3:
Repetitive, doggedly so. dismal and depressing. a far cry from "an inconvenient truth". turns the viewer off. lacking in hope or inspiration. Just a bunch of talking heads.

Daniel gave it a9:
Along with "No End In Sight," one of the best documentaries during the last years.

Alam gave it a9:
An intelligent, very well conceived documentary. It deserved a wider audience.

Enrique gave it a10:
Excellent! One of the most important movies later.

11th Hour, The Warner Independent Pictures

11th Hour, The
Warner Independent Pictures