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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenCharles Ferguson’s latest documentary, Time to Choose, is a sobering polemic about global warming that balances familiar predictions of planetary doom with a survey of innovations in renewable energy technology that hold out some hope for the future.
- 88Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughEfficient, cogently argued, and visually compelling documentary.
- 83Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerWhat separates Charles Ferguson’s Time to Choose from the many other documentaries about climate change is that, after dutifully presenting many of the usual horrifying climate statistics, it lays out a series of possible solutions, already available, to the crisis.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranMost of Time To Choose is concerned with demonstrating that, as more than one speaker says, every crisis is an opportunity. That for every human action that increases global warming there are already workable alternatives in place just waiting to be embraced by a wider constituency.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIt isn’t a brilliant piece of filmmaking or even a revelatory work of journalism. But Time To Choose may provoke actual action, if only because it doesn’t conclude that we’re doomed.
- 75Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanThe climate change documentary A Time to Choose takes what often seems like an oblique approach to the subject of global warming.
- 75RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoThe main reason that Time to Choose feels different and has value is that it actually offer solutions and hope.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberThe Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberFerguson certainly has some strong, even encouraging points to make. And he has brought impressive filmmaking skills to his cinematic essay. Still, one wishes that he had presented his thesis with a little more energy and a little less didacticism.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceIf An Inconvenient Truth served to scare us, then Time to Choose offers hope, presenting what amounts to an hour-and-45-minute commercial for renewable technology that might inspire confidence in scientific progress even as it reminds us that it isn't cheap being green.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThe climate-change documentary Time To Choose makes the disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow” look like a model of judiciousness and restraint.