80
This is a film about human flaws. It should not be missed – whatever your views on Greenpeace.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
90
The New York Times by Daniel M. Gold
This absorbing account is hardly definitive, but it teaches movement building without denying the high costs paid by true believers.
60
This spends more time on the tensions between the dominant trio than their landmark campaigning.
70
Jerry Rothwell’s film focuses engagingly on the human dynamics, particularly the role of late leader Bob Hunter.
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Kate Taylor
Whatever you think of Greenpeace’s less well-considered antics over the years, How to Change the World is a compelling story of one environmentalist’s remarkable combination of prescience, grit and timing.
60
The Guardian by Leslie Felperin
There’s no missing the polemical points being made or doubting the film is meant to inspire further action, but even hardened whale-eating oil oligarchs are likely to be charmed by the idealism and smarts of these audacious activists.
100
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
A fascinating, skillfully assembled chronicle of the rise and inevitable fallout surrounding the granddaddy of the environmental activism movement.