Home
An expansive aerial documentary connects climate change, resource depletion, and human consumption into an urgent portrait of a fragile shared planet.
Overview
A breathtaking journey across the globe reveals the interconnectedness of our planet's challenges.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- majestic
- urgent
- thoughtful
- educational viewing
- earth day
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the documentary's spectacular aerial photography and global environmental perspective, while finding its narration didactic and its messaging complicated by sponsor contradictions.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The documentary is built around aerial footage filmed across fifty-four countries, turning landscapes and settlements into a global visual argument.
Its central premise is that Earth's environmental problems are interconnected across regions and human systems.
The film moves across locations in fifty-four countries to construct a worldwide account of environmental change.
The narration and imagery are designed to inspire action and encourage debate about climate change, pollution, and resource use.
Films like Home, and why
An Inconvenient Truth
environmental documentary using expansive imagery to connect human activity with planetary crisis
Planet Earth
visually ambitious nature documentary emphasizing ecological interdependence and human impact
Before the Flood
global environmental documentary combining striking cinematography with an urgent conservation message
Movie Details
- Director
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- Release Date
- 2009-06-03
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 (574)
Cast
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- Jacques Gamblin
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- GuideDoc
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Home about?
- An expansive aerial documentary connects climate change, resource depletion, and human consumption into an urgent portrait of a fragile shared planet.
- What is Home like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Home as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Home violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Home.
- What did critics think of Home?
- Critics broadly praised the documentary's spectacular aerial photography and global environmental perspective, while finding its narration didactic and its messaging complicated by sponsor contradictions.
- Which films are like Home?
- Films with a similar feel include An Inconvenient Truth, Planet Earth, and Before the Flood.
- How long is Home?
- Home runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch Home?
- In United States, Home streams on GuideDoc.
