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I Am Greta

Greta

2020

Nathan Grossman

Documentary, Self: Greta Thunberg

4.8

135

Documentary Greta Thunberg, 15, starts school striking for the climate. She skips school and sit outside the parliament to show the politicians that if they don't care about her future, why should she? A film about acting to stop climate change before it's too late.

	Media	Author	Review
		Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] creates a close-up, behind-the-headlines portrait of a passionately committed, media-savvy young woman.
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"[It] falls into the same trap as some of the politicians and civilians it criticises (...) While it does a workmanlike job of capturing the growing media clatter (...) there’s no attempt to cut through it (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Guy Lodge Variety	"[It] underlines the formidable achievements of teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg, but doesn't expand upon them (...) ['Greta'] invites more questions about her life than it answers."
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Those who might not want to see the teenage iconoclast in her full humanity that are most likely to walk away changed by what Grossman and his unlikely star bring to the table."
		Lee Marshall Screendaily	"This is essentially an uplifting, inspirational story about a girl with Asperger’s who turns her difference from ‘normal kids’ into a strength."
		Nicolas Rapold The New York Times	"It’s a bit of a blur, but Thunberg strikingly upends the stereotype of the young innocent as poster girl"
		John Serba Decider	"'I am Greta' doesn’t have to do much beyond capturing its subject’s earnest, genuine charisma — and it does so, quite capably."
		Jennifer Green Common Sense Media	"What 'I Am Greta' lacks in dramatic tension, it makes up for in character"
		Matt Fagerholm rogerebert.com	"Since Thunberg is one of the most gifted and arresting speakers alive today, 'I Am Greta' is inherently compelling as a behind-the-scenes document of the vulnerabilities masked by her forceful persona (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Brian Lowry CNN	"An intimate portrait of the teenage activist that at its best conveys her courage and spirit, before bogging down in what becomes a somewhat repetitious call for action."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A necessary, if underwhelming film (...) The succeeding scenes are intimate and absorbing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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