Monday Morning Maybe

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2009 | 95 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz and middling reviews (17% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for families and the curious. If you loved David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet or The Social Dilemma, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
The mood
Feel-good, eye-opening.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 35 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Critics were cooler on it than audiences.

In 200,000 years of existence, man has upset the balance on which the Earth had lived for 4 billion years. Global warming, resource depletion, species extinction: man has endangered his own home. But it is too late to be pessimistic: humanity has barely ten years left to reverse the trend, become aware of its excessive exploitation of the Earth's riches, and change its consumption pattern.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    17% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesSolid

    7.8 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a modest audience

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 9K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

  • Yann Arthus-BertrandNarrator (french TV voice)
  • Jacques GamblinNarrator (french voice)