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As an alien, I see why you humans wish to save your plant. Alas, you cannot escape the inevitable. There soon will be no life on your planet. No David to Attenborough. Soon it will all be gone. You have until 2029. And then; poof. Everything, gone. Except for that luke guy. He's chill.

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Sir David Attenborough summarises his work and understanding here in this empathetic and well-produced appeal to humanity, for once no understatement from him; Stop abusing the planet and it's ecosystems or risk system-collapse and the beginning of a mass extinction event that maybe we will not survive (the planet will carry on regardless)

Legendary broadcaster, documentarian and naturalist David Attenborough's self-described "witness statement" summarizes the 93-year-old filmmaker's experience in unwittingly documenting the accelerating decline of the planet's biodiversity (and overall health) during his lifetime. In doing so, he presents his career of findings and a grim forecast for the future unless we change our ways to "re-wild" the earth and adopt sustainable ways of living in order to prevent an irreversible environmental catastrophe. While the message here is indeed important, the warning urgent, the suggested solutions achievable and the cinematography stunning (for better or worse), the overall production feels rather familiar for it to really stand out as groundbreaking, coming across more like a highly polished but not particularly revelatory cable television documentary than the kind of profound, startling offering that one would expect to see in a theater. The first half also meanders more that it probably should, not quite on par with the better-focused second half in which the material is delivered in a more direct and cogent manner. Mind you, this is not to suggest this offering is without merits, but the praise that has been heaped upon it seems more generous than it probably deserves to be.

Part autobiography, part documentary of the changes in the natural world, this film is beautiful and sad, impressive and eye-opening. It's clear, David Attenborough had a hell of a career and still has a mission.

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An urgent plea for the world to pay attention to the health of our planet before it's too late. A must-see.

A very beautiful documentary about the most pressing crisis of our time. The nature footage is touchingly beautiful. Attenborough's comments are crucial and on-point.

A movie which shows us what’s important and needs to be done. A masterpiece of David Attenborough and his crew. They manage to show the viewer an image of the fragile world that’s needed to be seen an spread around the world. Truly a movie which 2020 needed.

A fantastic and moving picture of the limited time we have left to make real change.