Cool It is a feature documentary indictment of the global warming issue. The film begins with a summation of the global warming meta-narrative. This introduction uses a child’s narration and stylized crayon drawings to effectively make this complex subject understandable and simultaneously, eerily haunting (i.e.: a child should probably never know so much about his planet being on the brink of destruction). However, this introduction is something of a red herring. Just when this reviewer was prepared for yet another environmental activist’s foray into why everyone everywhere should unplug everything immediately lest we all die, the film began to turn on itself.
This article appears in Nov 11-17, 2010.