Leofwine_draca BEFORE THE FLOOD is an engaging documentary that reminded me of the same quality as a Werner Herzog film. It stars the constantly improving Leonardo DiCaprio as the host, exploring the topic of climate change and visiting various places in the world on the front line: the palm oil plantations of Indonesia, the melting ice shelves of Greenland, the horrendous tar pits of Canada. The topic is explored in a clear and concise way, without preaching, just focusing on facts and methodologies that could be utilised to prevent the kind of mass damage than mankind is doing to our planet. An all-star cast of interviewees helps to make this a thoroughly watchable documentary, perhaps one of the most important of our time.

Graham Harvey I have been involved in climate change education & action for many years. I found this film lacking in direction. As a narrative, it seemed to lack direction of defining the problems and solutions in a hard hitting way. There was too much talking with experts including politicians. What I believe was needed in terms of giving the strength to the call to action was more visuals of current & possible disasters of the future. There was a strong sense of despondency that Leonardo seemed to have. This would have fitted in ok as the challenges present & future were shown. But the film needed to show more options for resolution & a sense of the wonderful in terms of what some nations are doing while balancing it out with the peril of inaction. I felt like Leonardo had given up hope, so why bother making the film. He needed to demonstrate more sense of danger danger danger... unless unless unless. These challenges should have one sitting up & paying attention but I felt like I was reclining as a somewhat miserable & pessimistic person told his story of the last 15 years. This was not meant to be a film about Leonardo & his associates. It was supposed to be a film of the people. I did not get a sense of that. Even the section filmed in India did not get amongst the local population. Instead we are listening to a well meaning but middle class Indian politician do a diatribe about US consumption. That point had some validity but again the solutions were not being effectively presented.

sebastiancasas An excelent way of presenting the problem of climate change. I really liked it because it made me realize how screwed up we are.

majose_pv Before the Flood is a sincere and objective documentary that gives us a brief but strong look at our past mistakes and how they are coming back to haunt us. Through the documentary you will see world leaders talk and try to take action and raise awareness about this problem, that is happening in our own backyards. Seeing such a variation of powerful people giving their own prespectives gives the documentary credibility. The documentary itself is a piece of art. Every person involved had their own struggles, their own point of view, and their goal. One goal that grabbed my attention was Dr. Piers, he has stage 4 cancer and he's willling to do anything in his power to make an improvement, He has faith in all of us, that we can change and make a difference, step by step. He demonstrated that we can't be negative or scared about our future. The best part was Leo's ability to travel and explore different parts of the world trying to understand every situation's need. It was just amazing. The drive he has is just mezmerizing. If you have any type of questions about global warming or how to help the environment, this documentary will give you the facts, and different ways of how you could help right now.