Breaking Boundaries

Breaking Boundaries tells the story how humans are pushing Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept the planet stable for 10,000 years, following scientific journey of Rockström and his team's discovery of the nine planetary boundaries.{{cite web |last1=Marsh |first1=Calum |title='Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet' Review: A Dire Warning |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/movies/breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-review.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 March 2022 |date=4 June 2021}}

The film was released on Netflix on 4 June 2021.{{Cite news|last=Berry|first=Jo|date=11 May 2021|title=Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet release date – David Attenborough to narrate Netflix documentary|work=Radio Times|publisher=Immediate Media Company|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-release-date-netflix/|url-status=live|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604102100/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-release-date-netflix/|archive-date=4 June 2021|issn=0033-8060}} Alongside the film's release, a book of the same name was published, with a foreword from Greta Thunberg.{{Cite news|date=30 April 2021|title=New Netflix documentary brings the planetary boundaries to the world|work=Stockholm Resilience Centre|publisher=Stockholm University|url=https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2021-04-30-new-netflix-documentary-brings-the-planetary-boundaries-to-the-world.html|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608181344/https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2021-04-30-new-netflix-documentary-brings-the-planetary-boundaries-to-the-world.html|url-status=live}}{{Efn|{{Cite book|last1=Rockström|first1=Johan|title=Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet|last2=Gaffney|first2=Owen|date=11 May 2021|publisher=DK|isbn=978-0-7440-2813-3|publication-date=11 May 2021|author-link=Johan Rockström}}|group=lower-alpha}} The film was directed by Jon Clay, and executive produced by Alastair Fothergill, Colin Butfield, Kate Garwood, Keith Scholey, and Jochen Zeitz.{{Cite news|last=Grater|first=Tom|date=10 May 2021|title=Watch First Trailer For David Attenborough's Netflix Climate Change Doc 'Breaking Boundaries: The Science Of Our Planet'; Release Date Set|work=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|url=https://deadline.com/video/first-trailer-david-attenboroughs-netflix-climate-change-doc-breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-release-date/|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701231343/https://deadline.com/video/first-trailer-david-attenboroughs-netflix-climate-change-doc-breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-release-date/|url-status=live}} Original music was composed by Hannah Cartwright and Ross Tones.

Attenborough had previously appeared in two other Netflix Original films, Our Planet and David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet.

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Reviews of Breaking Boundaries were generally mixed.

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Kevin Maher gave the film three out of five stars.{{Cite news|last=Maher|first=Kevin|author-link=Kevin Maher (writer)|date=4 June 2021|title=Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet review — a doomsday scenario but Attenborough offers solutions|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-review-doomsday-scenario-david-attenborough-f5hkw77w5|access-date=1 July 2021|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=29 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629234814/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-review-doomsday-scenario-david-attenborough-f5hkw77w5|url-status=live}} The New York Times' Calum Marsh criticised the films use of visualisations, in particular the CGI humans, as "laughable" in effect.{{Cite news|last=Marsh|first=Calum|date=4 June 2021|title='Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet' Review: A Dire Warning|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/movies/breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-review.html|url-status=live|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607220414/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/movies/breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-review.html|archive-date=7 June 2021|issn=1553-8095|oclc=1645522}} Elle Hunt noted that the film is unusual compared to most Attenborough documentaries in that it focuses on planetary decline.{{Cite news|last=Hunt|first=Elle|date=2 June 2021|title=Breaking Boundaries review: Attenborough on climate change facts|work=New Scientist|publisher=Daily Mail and General Trust|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2279169-breaking-boundaries-review-attenborough-on-climate-change-facts/|access-date=1 July 2021|issn=0262-4079|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614230702/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2279169-breaking-boundaries-review-attenborough-on-climate-change-facts/|url-status=live}} Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars out of five.{{Cite news|last=Allen|first=Nick|date=4 June 2021|title=Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet|work=RogerEbert.com|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-2021|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606095146/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breaking-boundaries-the-science-of-our-planet-2021|url-status=live}}

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