An Inconvenient Truth does not have any false packaging. It truly consists of inconvenient truths that politicians and even the public have been ignoring/avoiding for far too long.

Former Vice President AL GORE spends some classroom time with his viewers. His multi-media uber sophisticated slide show presentation is chock full of facts and figures derived from the ever-changing global atmosphere. Here, Gore shines. He is not the stiff, humdrum politician we once saw through our TV sets during the 2000 Presidential campaign.

Our ex-VP adeptly uses charts, graphics, a SIMPSONS-artist cartoon, photos and other media to portray more than 30 years of research that Gore painstakingly acquired. During his collegiate years, he was a student of the great professor ROGER REVELLE, one of the first scientists to realize the effects of rising levels of atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on the Earth's surface temperature. In the next breath, Gore tells his audience that his friend, the late and great CARL SAGAN said the Earth's top layer is polluted varnish.

Gore's activism on the issue was spurred by the near-fatal accident of his six year-old son in 1989. His son was hit by a car and placed in intensive care for one month. The prospect of losing a child confounded him and begged the question, "How should I spend my time on this earth?" Since we are in perilously close to losing our home on Earth, and Gore was close to losing his son, the environment became his raison d'etre.

The film serves as a testament to Gore's crusade to save our planet. Aside from the lecture, there is footage of Gore meeting with scientists and governmental officials. In fact, scientists were ridiculed and have lost their jobs "because the facts they discovered led to an inconvenient truth they insisted on telling," Gore says.

In between lectures and travel shots, there are quiet moments where Gore talks about being raised on a ranch, raising Angus cattle and his love of nature. He stresses that global warming is not a political but a moral issue.

The citizens of the earth are racing against time and the damage done, as evidenced by many factors. In recent years, we have experienced the hottest heat waves, (in 2003 about 35,000 people were killed) a record number of tornadoes in the Midwest; category four and five hurricanes have doubled in the last 30 years; old and new diseases are surfacing; roughly 279 species of plants and animals are moving closer to the poles; high sea levels in Florida; exorbitant carbon dioxide levels, and the melting polar ice caps. Perhaps the scariest statistic: More than a million species worldwide could be driven to extinction by 2050.

Gore drives his point across magnificently -- those in opposition should know we already have the resources necessary to reverse the damage. We do not need new technological advancements. Economically speaking, if we hone in on the dilemma, the results will be wholly beneficial. "We have everything we need except political will, and political will in America is a renewable resource," Gore asserts.

We can move mountains by doing our part as individuals – buying fuel efficient cars, recycling, fresh instead of frozen foods, switching to green power, eating less meat, and flying less, among other things.