Through time-lapse and stunning underwater photography, we get an eye-opening look at what’s happening to our ocean’s backbone without descending into a politicized debate about climate change.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 1, 2023

There's no denying this one, no looking away, and Orlowski's crew takes full advantage of that.

| Dec 29, 2021

Jeff Orlowski's suspenseful and heartbreaking documentary focuses on the phenomenon of "coral bleaching"-the process by which dying corals turn white and fall apart.

| Mar 23, 2020

Best of all is the time-lapse imagery of the rapid death of these vast ecosystems. The discoveries made are astonishing; this is a call to action that delivers hyperbole after hyperbole. It must be seen to be believed.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 4, 2019

The message is strong, and the imagery is memorable throughout. However, with the glut of climate change documentaries, it scary to think this one could get lost in the fray.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 10, 2018

For its encouraging and essential message, this documentary is a must-see.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 26, 2018

Which makes it all the more surprising that the documentary ends on the optimistic note that it does.

| Mar 29, 2018

Chasing Coral makes you feel vaguely sick, especially when it explains how the destruction of coral could lead to the elimination of undersea ecosystems and human starvation.

| Jan 31, 2018

A story of passionate pioneers who love reefs becomes a clarion call for change and one of the year's most essential movies.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2017

Watching Chasing Coral is a remarkable experience, one that teeters between overwhelming the viewer with the scope of earth's ruin and inspiring them to find ways to help.

| Aug 22, 2017

I strongly recommend watching Chasing Coral, after which I urge you to please log the hell off and unplug the freaking television. Because seriously, folks. You don't want this.

| Aug 9, 2017

As a work of eco documentary filmmaking, it offers the sort of visual details that make it essential viewing for anybody on the fence. And therein lies why this one works better than the 'Inconvenient' movies.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 9, 2017

The urgency of this problem requires people to become informed about the issues, starting with seeing the film either at the IFC or on Netflix.

| Jul 18, 2017

This cautionary tale is far more grand than coral, and once we realize as much, perhaps we can reverse the consequences before it is too late.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 18, 2017

Awe-inspiring, poignant docu tracks decline of coral reefs.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 18, 2017

It's staunchly pro-life, in the truest sense of the term.

| Jul 14, 2017

By film's end, you'll see corals not only as underwater life forms but as dreamy, endangered neighborhoods inhabited by unspeakably beautiful Nemos and Dorys.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 14, 2017

The film makes a powerful case less through argument than by using cinema's most basic tool: visual proof.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 14, 2017

The message will stay with you, but so will the nagging sense that you can't really do anything unless you happen to be a world leader.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2017

Apocalyptic sci-fi? This is real life, in the documentary "Chasing Coral."

| Jul 14, 2017