Ice and the Sky (U)

Documentary

A documentary about global warming.

The critical consensus

The archive footage is compelling, but the soundtrack is a muddle of voice-over, music and effects.

(*) (*) David Parkinson, Empire Online, 07/12/2015

It’s to the film’s ultimate credit that these processes are recognised and reconstructed, so that we are able to marvel at a life spent convincing the world of what it was unable to witness for itself. Now, more than any other, is the time to see such things.

(*) Alan Laidlaw, The List, 07/12/2015

This personal and reflective documentary recounts the mission of a pioneering scientist to find evidence of climate change in the ice of the Antarctic.

(*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 10/12/2015

Can be a little dry at times, but Lorius is good company and his arguments are persuasive.

(*) (*) Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 12/12/2015

This spectacular documentary honours the French glaciologist who foresaw global warming.

(*) Mark Kermode, The Observer, 13/12/2015

In 2006 he won an Academy Award for March of the Penguins, now he's back with another eco-themed documentary set in Antarctica.

(*) Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 17/12/2015