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Waterlife

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Filmmaker Kevin McMahon looks into the natural beauty and environmental crisis surrounding the Great Lakes.

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Peter Howell Toronto Star 06/10/2009
3/4
The veteran Canuck documentarian tours the five lakes -- Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario -- and reflects upon a sad litany of abuses that man and nature have inflicted upon this fragile fluidity. Go to Full Review
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail 06/05/2009
2/4
This threat shouldn't require any overselling, but McMahon can't resist and you seriously wish the script had gone through another level of filtration to take out more of the lumpy bits (and the excess of musical selections). Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 10/22/2010
B
An informative no-nonsense educational nature film about the future state of the deteriorating Great Lakes. Go to Full Review
Jam! Movies 06/05/2009
3.5/5
Waterlife has a lot to say about the importance of the fresh water supplied by the Great Lakes, but the film doesn't neglect to show the extraordinary beauty of these bodies of water. Go to Full Review
National Post 01/01/1800
2/4
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08/24/2013 A documentary examining the Great Lakes elaborate ecosystem and the threat posed by climate change and pollution (hello Detroit). Hmmm why do 50% of beluga whales have cancer? Lets go back along the food chain and up the river to find out. Lets get horrified, scared and depressed by what we see. Some beautiful scenery but mostly this depressed the hell out of me. Why am I even bothering to recycle my meager tin cans when big companies are devastating the land and water and places like Chicago are still pumping their sewage into the waterways (you can't even touch the water there) Frustrating and well done documentary with some cool little graphics of carcinogens floating about and explained in a Jurassic Park (carton) sort of way. 08.13 See more 01/21/2011 Some great shots of the Great Lakes, and an interesting soundtrack. The futue of our lakes doesn't look too good based on this film, which is depressing. Also has a really fun interactive movie website. See more 06/03/2010 Was excited to watch this one and the first chunk of it is encouraging but it inevitably descends into a repetitive litany of environmental catastrophes (not in a good way) See more 01/31/2010 Follow the journey and tribulations of water through this last great fresh water resource, and see the tragic accidents of history as well as a reflection of how man is too dumb to know what's good for them. See more 11/08/2009 Nothing about this was engaging for me. See more 11/05/2009 quite boring, and i hated that the maps weren't labelled. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Filmmaker Kevin McMahon looks into the natural beauty and environmental crisis surrounding the Great Lakes.
Director
Kevin McMahon
Producer
Gerry Flahive
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 49m