Sounds better than it is.

I heard about this documentary and it sounded cool. But it's kinda B.S. The only reason he made this doc. is because he wanted to sell his book. Basically it's about this New York writer and his wife and daughter, who obviously are pretty well off, since she spent tons of money on designer clothes. I think she spent over $900 on a pair of boots. And the wife is almost 40 and has never cooked a meal in her life, so they spent tons on money on take out and starbucks. So to sell his book, they basically drastically change their life by living carbon free for a year. But they keep cheating. They end up having no electricity, but they have cell phones and laptops. So this is very flawed. The wife even talks about how she cheats a lot on it. It's really all a publicity stunt to sell book, have people see the doc and now it looks like they got a movie deal out of it. I'm all for people doing things to help the planet, but this doc really didn't show me anything that I didn't know. If you watch a movie like Food Inc., you learn a lot more about why to buy locally and how food companies are really putting out poor quality food and all. They live in NYC, but have a car. If you live and work in NYC, you don't need a car. You can take the subway, walk or take the bus. I'm sure (if they did do this for a year) that they changed they way they do things. Like maybe the wife will actually cook food instead of getting take out every night. But now they've made even more money, so I'm sure she's buying tons of clothes. I just think it was a gimmick, not really something to help the environment. Anyone who really wants to lower their carbon foot print, would've done so without this doc and could've looked up how to do it online.