A good movie

Since it was available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out. Like many of the kids born in France in the 1980’s, I basically grew up watching Cousteau’s TV-show and the guy was pretty much one of the most famous French guys at the time. And that’s basically what he had become at some point, a huge pop-star, but this movie displayed that he was eventually so much more. Indeed, he was also an inventor who was basically responsible for modern day diving, an explorer who travelled the world with his famous boat the Calypso, and a successful film director who won a Golden Palm and an Academy Award. It was also quite impressive that he warned us about the  ecological disaster we were heading to maybe 40 years in advance. By the way, even if our governments are finally taking some action nowadays, it’s only because the situation has become so dramatic and, hopefully, it won’t be too late. Anyway, the legacy of this man was just huge and, to be honest, they did skip very quickly over so many things which could have been more developed. For example, what did he do during WWII, except diving to forget about the war? What was his relationship with his first child, Jean-Michel? And of course, the fact that he had basically two families with two different wives and two set of two children was completely glossed over. So, the damned thing was definitely not confrontational but it’s inherent to the genre. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was nothing really groundbreaking, it was still a good reminder of all the impressive achievements done by this great man and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in this subject.

7/10