New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Boote's ambitious goals include finding out how plastics are made and how they're messing with our bodies and our planet.
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Austria, Germany · 2009
1h 35m
Director Werner Boote
Starring Werner Boote, John Taylor, Peter Lieberzeit
Genre Documentary
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An up-close and personal view of the controversial and fascinating material that has found its way into every facet of our daily lives: plastic. Documentarian Werner Boote takes us around the globe, showing the worldwide environmental and health impacts of plastic.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Boote's ambitious goals include finding out how plastics are made and how they're messing with our bodies and our planet.
When Boote gets out of the way, the film is illuminating and infuriating.
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Fast-paced and episodic, the film at times provides such a torrent of information that it becomes more wearisome than enlightening.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Does little but raise an alarm, then leave it jangling.
Boxoffice Magazine by Mark Keizer
Boote's strong film will make you look at the floating plastic bag from American Beauty in a new, wholly suspicious way.
Every bit as unshakable as "An Inconvenient Truth," Werner Boote's documentary isolates the mysteries (and possible dangers) of that ubiquitous titular substance.
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