Plastic Planet -- Film Review
NEW YORK — You’d be well advised not to sneak that water bottle into the theater if you see "Plastic Planet." Because long before this impassioned documentary by Austrian/German filmmaker Werner Boote finishes unspooling, you’ll have thrown it away in disgust.
For the director, the subject is rather personal. His grandfather was an early plastics manufacturing executive, and delivered lengthy lectures -- shades of The Graduate -- extolling its virtues to his young grandson.
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