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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe film’s grand achievement is that it positions its subject as a mediator between humans and the natural world. Life cycles on, and if we make the right choices, ruin can become regrowth.
- 80The GuardianCath ClarkeThe GuardianCath ClarkeIt is a personal film – and political, too. There is emotion and urgency in that familiar soothing voice.
- 80CNNBrian LowryCNNBrian LowryThere's always the risk of sounding preachy in this sort of exercise in a way that scares off those who can be reached, or perhaps worse, being unduly optimistic. Attenborough finds a middle ground.
- 67IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichOur planet is a finite place, and our lives on it are finite, too. The twilight of Attenborough’s time here speaks to that truth so beautifully that you wish this documentary had more to say about it.