Canary

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Canary

2023

1h 44m

Documentary

Biography

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86%

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7 Reviews

97%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Witness the extraordinary life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an explorer who went where no scientist had gone before and transformed our idea of what is possible. Daring to seek Earth's history contained in glaciers atop the tallest mountains in the world, Lonnie found himself on the frontlines of climate change--his life's work evolving into a salvage mission to recover these priceless historical records before they disappear forever.

Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

09/14/2023

A documentary that patiently traces... groundbreaking efforts extracting ice cores from tropical mountaintops.

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Sarah Vincent

InBetweenDrafts

10/16/2023

7.5/10

The journey of Thompson’s life is a riveting, inspiring every-man story. The humble underdog transforms into an adventurer visionary and improbable pillar of the scientific community.

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Emily DuGranrut

In Review Online

09/19/2023

If Canary’s goal is to make action on climate change move from the impossible to possible, the directors did right in their selection of subject, but the unimaginative presentation of both the personal and political fails Thompson and his cause.

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Frank Swietek

One Guy's Opinion

09/16/2023

B

As a work of environmental activism, “Canary” is sober and somewhat slow-moving but insistent, and in Thompson it has a protagonist it’s impossible not to like and root for.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

09/15/2023

... best when it dials back the rhetoric and focuses on its fascinating subject and his important work on behalf of the planet.

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

09/14/2023

3/4

The film becomes a tricky balancing act, in that it's simultaneously a straightforward biography and piece of considered advocacy.

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Roger S

@rshamel 06/17/2024

A riveting review of one determined man's quest--against all odds--to collect the data needed to prove what is happening to our one precious climate!

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Alex Rivest

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Ellen Mosley-Thompson

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Adam Paul Smith

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Synopsis

Witness the extraordinary life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an explorer who went where no scientist had gone before and transformed our idea of what is possible. Daring to seek Earth's history contained in glaciers atop the tallest mountains in the world, Lonnie found himself on the frontlines of climate change--his life's work evolving into a salvage mission to recover these priceless historical records before they disappear forever.

Director: Danny O'Malley, Alex Rivest
Producer: Adam Paul Smith
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co: End of The Road Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories, Act 4 Entertainment, Boardwalk Pictures, APU Productions
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 15, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 44m