The Unforeseen

  • 2007


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Positive Reviews 20
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Average Rating 3.8/5
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3.5
Add The Unforeseen to the catalog of artfully produced nonfiction films that show how humans are screwing up the planet. EW
4.5
Even if the director eventually hard pedals her pantheist imagery into clich, this inconvenient truth is discreet, intimate and regularly surprising. Time Out
4.4
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
3.0
The result is an expansive and ambivalent testament to human ingenuity, human intransigence, and natures endangered yet enduring power to move.
4.4
Daniel has never shot a film for Malick, though youd hardly guess so, given The Unforeseens poetic and dreamy shots of nature that, like the images th .. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
A thought provoking documentary thats both informative and strangely poignant as well as beautifully shot and edited. One Guys Opinion
5.0
Dunns elegant, full length debut presents a frightening and powerful argument against the kind of reckless, profit driven land development that not on .. Tv Guide
3.1
This one purports to be different by including interviews with the evil, rich developers, but the film is very subtly slanted away from them. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.5
But, the environmentalists make a strong point in preserving a piece of nature that gives pleasure to thousands of visitors every year.
4.5
One of the great documentaries of our time, The Unforeseen is a rapturous nightmare. Film Journal International ..
4.0
Although Dunn focuses on the particular situation as it has unfolded in Austin, the film is universal, working as a microcosmic model of similar strug .. Flim Threet
5.0
No one who sees this intriguing documentary will want to argue with reporter Greider when he forcefully insists, We need a more mature regard for the .. Calendar Live
4.5
Laura Dunn captures the national ecological battle in microcosm... Seattle Pi
1.5
This enviro documentary has its pretensions (I couldve done without Wendell Berry intoning poetry), but the 30 year drama it describes couldnt be more .. The Stranger
3.8
One speaker warns: We dont need another overdeveloped Houston or Dallas.) Chron
4.5
Those of us raised with the Hopi and Philip Glassinfused Koyaanisqatsi will be pleased to see it wasnt all just New Age mumbo jumbo. Ny Mag
3.5
The director makes a convincing case against the extremism of property rights when those rights trample on the needs of the public. Compuserve
4.5
Calling The Unforeseen a documentary somehow feels crass. Its a work of art. Metromix.com
1.5
We can appreciate the films good intentions, but we cant shake the feeling that weve been talked down to, rather than informed. Ny Press
4.5
Powerful study of a landmark struggle between environmentalists and real estate developer in Austin, Texas in the early 90s. A parable for our exhaust .. Louis Proyect Word Press
2.1
Shots of musty skylines dont pack much power in this post Inconvenient Truth era, where every luxury hi rise is advertised as a green building. Film and Felt
4.5
While Dunns style is closer to Terrence Malick than Paul Thomas Anderson, Bradley becomes a figure as tragic and memorable as the fictional Daniel Pla .. Gay City News
4.5
It provides a multilayered examination of what it means for society to develop and grow while depleting its natural resources.



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