81
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeThe Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeThe film is a captivating, sobering look at the world’s endangered aquatic species, but it’s also a frightening revelation of what methane and carbon are doing to the ocean.
- 100New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierIf a documentary can be both alarming and oddly reassuring, it's the gripping splash of cold cinematic water Racing Extinction.
- 90The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisIt’s the film’s sounds that really wrench. If you’ve ever wondered what a breaking heart sounds like, it’s right here in the futile warble of the last male of a species of songbird, singing for a mate that will never come.
- 60VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeRacing Extinction tends to be far more effective when presenting its enlightened activists as heroes.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhen they devote most of their film to the horrors wrought by humanity and barely ten minutes to their solutions, and when those solutions are all about mitigating problems, it's hard to feel anything but despondent.