"A picture's worth a thousand words," said no one ever to photographer James Balog. Though he takes incredible pictures of ice, the man simply will not stop waxing philosophical about global warming. His self-important soundbites get increasingly grating as he's clearly playing to the camera, even crying at one point because he's so dedicated to his craft. The film itself is appropriately alarmist, showing the serious amount of glacial melting in recent years in a compelling way. Too bad they didn't have a better mouthpiece. The lilting song "Before My Time," performed by Scarlett Johansson, is nice.
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