NewScientist's Thomas Hayden just reviewed Sizzle and liked what he saw. He recognized the film wasn't playing to the interests and expectations of the science world (Al Gore already did that) but about the importance of using humor to open hearts and minds to the topic of climate change. Read his review here.
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