An Inconvenient Truth is a documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim and starring Al Gore. The film has earned almost $50 million worldwide, won two Academy Awards, one Grammy Award, and won Al Gore the Nobel Peace Prize. These reasons alone make the movie worth paying attention to.

The film is based on research regarding climate change, CO2 levels, and the condition of Arctic ice. Research shows that ocean temperatures have risen, glaciers are disappearing, and the poles are melting. The movie states that these cataclysms are the environment’s revenge for the damage that has been done and that if global warming continues at the current rate, it will increase the strength and frequency of tornadoes, killing a lot of animals and birds. If glaciers melt away, some areas will be flooded and others will experience drought.

Gore does not offer any new information; he simply presents current research and forms conclusions about it. Many people have criticized the film because of this. Creators of the “South Park” series even made a satiric cartoon about Gore and his environmental research. Gore’s struggle appears there in the image of a fabricated monster, “Manbearpig.”

There is the opinion that An Inconvenient Truth was made to be a “Gore advertisement,” because the film is not just about the environment, it’s also about Gore and his Macintosh (Gore is a member of the Apple Inc Board of Directors). In the movie, Gore frequently shows his Macbook and talks about his life, his friends and his family. It really looks like product placement.

It is a film about an approaching doomsday and even Superman cannot save the Earth - but together, we can. The problem of global warming does exist and it is impossible to deny it, but Gore explains what to do to protect our world from disaster, and offers ways to reverse the effects of global warming