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The Unforeseen Review

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5.0

Dave White Profile

… beautiful and sometimes heartbreaking cinematography … Read full review

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  • 60

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla Dargis

    There's nothing wrong with Mr. Redford and his love of nature. But there's something irritatingly softheaded about the generic, nostalgia-tinged blandishments that the film finally resorts to -- a Wendell Berry poem, a grizzled old farmer wielding a sickle -- in place of truly hard questions and solutions that may effect meaningful change. With the polar ice caps melting, I want more than poetry and blame. I want a plan.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    Though The Unforeseen has a few too many clips of Robert Redford, its environmentalist executive producer, its strength is its realization that these unforeseen developments are making few people happy.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

    An unusually poetic and meditative eco-themed documentary, Laura Dunn's The Unforeseen is as beautiful as it is ultimately depressing.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Add The Unforeseen to the catalog of artfully produced nonfiction films that show how humans are screwing up the planet.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Variety Robert Koehler

    Observing locally and thinking globally, Laura Dunn's astonishing debut doc feature The Unforeseen is the kind of transformative viewing experience that has made the current period a golden age for nonfiction film.

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