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Unity (2015)

Directed by Shaun Monson

Documentary

Overview

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on—none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can’t seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.

Rated PG-13 | Length 99 minutes

Actors

Aaron Paul | Adam Levine | Adrian Grenier | Alison Eastwood | Amanda Seyfried | Amy Smart | Anjelica Huston | Anton Yelchin | Arlene Martel | Balthazar Getty | Ben Kingsley | Ben Whishaw | Beth Hart | Caroline Goodall | Carrie-Anne Moss | Casey Affleck | Catherine Tate | Claire Forlani | Cloris Leachman | Common | David Copperfield | David DeLuise | David LaChapelle | Deepak Chopra | Dianna Agron | Dr. Dre | Edward James Olmos | Ellen Burstyn | Ellen DeGeneres | Emily Deschanel | Eve Best | Freida Pinto | Geoffrey Rush | Helen Mirren | Isabel Lucas | January Jones | Jason Mraz | Jeff Goldblum | Jennifer Aniston | Jennifer Tilly | Jesse Carmichael | Jessica Chastain | Joaquin Phoenix | Joel Edgerton | Jorja Fox | Julia Ormond | Kevin Spacey | Kristen Bell | Kristen Wiig | Larenz Tate | Leighton Meester | Lena Headey | Liev Schreiber | Maggie Grace | Maggie Q | Malin Åkerman | Marcia Gay Harden | Mariel Hemingway | Marion Cotillard | Mark Strong | Martin Sheen | Matthew Modine | Michael Gambon | Michelle Rodriguez | Minnie Driver | Missy Higgins | Moby | Nestor Serrano | Olivia Munn | Olivia Wilde | Pamela Anderson | Persia White | Phil Donahue | Portia de Rossi | Rose Byrne | Russell Simmons | Rutger Hauer | Ryan O'Neal | Selena Gomez | Shaun Toub | Susan Sarandon | Tom Hiddleston | Tony Hawk | Zoe Saldana | Robbie Williams | Kanye West | Lady Gaga | Donatella Versace | Adolf Hitler | Nelson Mandela | Martin Luther King | Kate Middleton | Prince William | Paul McCartney | Nancy Shevell | Barack Obama | Steve Jobs | Bill Gates | Michael Jackson | Mohandas K. Gandhi | Tenzin Gyatso | Angelina Jolie | Muammar Gadaffi | Hosni Mubarak | Princess Diana | Yasser Arafat | Famke Janssen | Arian Foster | Brandon Boyd | Damien Mander | Gregory Colbert | Joe Perry | John Paul DeJoria | Kathy Freston | Marianne Williamson | Matthieu Ricard | Michael Bernard Beckwith | Mira Jade Monson | Paul Watson | Rick Allen | Sam Simon | Tim McIlrath | Tony Kanal

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Been eyeing this documentary for a while bc of the insane cast of narrators they assembled. If this was for a narrative feature film it would be like a gonzo Around the World in 80 Days type of thing. Sadly it’s not. Instead it’s a very charged position on humanity coexisting with the natural world. I don’t know anything about the production but given the talent I’m guessing this was partly funded by PETA and other Vegan organizations.

The opening scene is a horrific long clip of steer being led to slaughter and trying to escape. It’s sickening and I had to turn away but yeah we get it. So trigger warning for what’s about to come bc there’s more similar clips.

I know some of the actors involved are PETA supporters so no surprise there but I wonder about others if they even watched this movie (there is a disclaimer upfront indicating that not everyone was in agreement with all the segments).

For a documentary it’s not insightful or presenting anything new. This is for the general audiences that need to be spoonfed these concepts not unlike those glued to Fox News all day. My reaction for most of the film was “no shit!” Really the only thing keeping engaged was guessing who all the voices were and I was correct for a lot of them. Also, we already lost a few of these folks (eerie to hear Anton Yelchin’s voice). So I guess I give this a point bump for that since I did watch the whole thing.

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