Tom Shadyac's unusual documentary has been creeping up on me from several sources. Part star-studded make-the-world-a-better-place film, part sincere-personal-journey-toward-enlightment, it has been slowly gaining an audience.
Shadyac was the director of a popular string of feel-good comedies that included Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Patch Adams, and Bruce Almighty before he was seriously injured in a bicycle accident and found himself faced with some big life and death questions. Being a funny, smart, and well connected filmmaker, he decided to turn those questions into a movie, a movie with a purpose; to help fix what's wrong with the world. The film features interviews with everyone from Noam Chomsky to David Suzuki to Desmond Tutu.
Can a film make the world a better place? Can a film about making the world a better place be a good film, an interesting film, an exciting film? Critics and viewers seem passionately split on the issue; what's your take?
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