Plastic Planet

Name: Plastic Planet
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 14, 2011
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 55

2011

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First Run Features | Release Date: January 14, 2011 | Unrated

Summary: This feisty, informative documentary takes us on a journey around the globe - from the Moroccan Sahara to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, from a factory in China to the highest peaks of the Alps - to reveal the far-flung reaches of our plastic problem. Interviews with the world’s foremost experts in biology, pharmacology, and genetics shedThis feisty, informative documentary takes us on a journey around the globe - from the Moroccan Sahara to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, from a factory in China to the highest peaks of the Alps - to reveal the far-flung reaches of our plastic problem. Interviews with the world’s foremost experts in biology, pharmacology, and genetics shed light on the perils of plastic to our environment and expose the truth of how plastic affects our bodies and the health of future generations. (First Run Features)… Expand

Director: Werner Boote

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 96 min

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Frank Scheck

Jan 13, 2011

Fast-paced and episodic, the film at times provides such a torrent of information that it becomes more wearisome than enlightening. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Mark Keizer

Jan 10, 2011

Boote's strong film will make you look at the floating plastic bag from American Beauty in a new, wholly suspicious way. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

Jan 11, 2011

When Boote gets out of the way, the film is illuminating and infuriating. Read full review

S. James Snyder

Jan 11, 2011

Every bit as unshakable as "An Inconvenient Truth," Werner Boote's documentary isolates the mysteries (and possible dangers) of that ubiquitous titular substance. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jan 14, 2011

Boote's ambitious goals include finding out how plastics are made and how they're messing with our bodies and our planet. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jan 13, 2011

Does little but raise an alarm, then leave it jangling. Read full review

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DTDunn

Apr 5, 2012

I rate a documentary in part based upon the value of the information that it provides. This film circumnavigates the globe to show the viewer the horrendous impact of plastic upon modern man. There is no way as yet for people to gauge the impact that plastic has had upon their lives. WeI rate a documentary in part based upon the value of the information that it provides. This film circumnavigates the globe to show the viewer the horrendous impact of plastic upon modern man. There is no way as yet for people to gauge the impact that plastic has had upon their lives. We go through life literally bathed in plastic every single day. Yet, we have no clear understanding of what this is doing to our health. The fact that the global plastics industry works so relentlessly to block or refute studies that show that the constant daily exposure to plastics is very bad for us, should make us all wonder what data is being hidden. Given the slow degradation rate of plastic, this problem gets worse every day that you are alive. Perhaps if the plastics industry was more honest, mankind would have developed safe alternatives and the problem would be getting better over time. We do in fact now live on a plastic covered planet. It is too bad that far too many people can see a problem that is already coursing through their very bodies.… Expand

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cinemaquote

Jan 30, 2011

This doc can be considered as one of a fad of eco-mentaries. Yet, it stands apart: the story of man's daily life revolving around plastic & plastic components is clearly depicted, has an emotional element and does, what other docs fail to do. This film has a story that goes beyond gainingThis doc can be considered as one of a fad of eco-mentaries. Yet, it stands apart: the story of man's daily life revolving around plastic & plastic components is clearly depicted, has an emotional element and does, what other docs fail to do. This film has a story that goes beyond gaining weight, staying in your room for ages or depriving your family from toilet tissue. Plastic planet has very good images of plastic accumulation in family houses around the world, try catch it. @cinemaquoteâ… Expand

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