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Sweden, United States, Germany · 2020
1h 37m
Director Nathan Grossman
Starring Greta Thunberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, António Guterres, Malena Ernman
Genre Documentary
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The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, featuring never-before-seen footage. Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the Swedish Parliament, Greta—a shy student with Asperger’s—rises to prominence as she galvanizes a global movement. The film culminates with her wind-powered voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to speak at the UN.
Whilst I Am Greta succeeds as a chronology of Thunberg’s meteoric rise from lone protestor to the voice of an international movement, a more nuanced, detailed and definitive exploration of this extraordinary teenager still feels needed.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Barry Hertz
The longer I Am Greta goes on, the more clear it becomes that Grossman is content to just tag along for the ride, adding little cinematic depth or insight to the environmentalist’s trajectory.
The Hollywood Reporter by Caryn James
I Am Greta is a smoothly constructed view of a heroine in the making, and of how the world largely embraced and sometimes dismissed her.
CineVue by Christopher Machell
Nathan Grossman charts her rise in this perfectly enjoyable but ultimately unpersuasive and shallow documentary.
As a summation of her remarkable achievements to date in public life, Nathan Grossman’s film is reasonably thorough, and sometimes rousing, amply showcasing Thunberg’s candid gifts as a truth-to-power speaker. Yet as a portrait of the girl behind the cause, it’s cautious and rarely illuminating, speckled with moments of domestic intimacy that nonetheless feel carefully vetted.
I Am Greta is a wonderful, rich documentary and at points it moved me to tears.
I Am Greta is not always as disarmingly open as its star, however, and keeping its focus so narrowly on the past two years robs it of some nuance.
What is so compelling is the picture I Am Greta pieces together of Thunberg herself.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
Despite being a valuable reminder of Thunberg’s idealism and unselfconscious courage, the film doesn’t entirely work.
I Am Greta may be a bit uneven, a little unsatisfying, and low on Climate Change context but it will stir the spirit and absolutely inspire your deep admiration for this devoted and steadfast teenager, and her commitment to real change and political accountability.
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