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A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

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A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:11

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.5/10

Genre: Education/General Interest

US Box Office: $0

Reviews for A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

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It's every bit as motivational as An Inconvenient Truth, and just as scary

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 02 2007 12:26 AM

Urban Cinefile

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4/5

Rich Cline

The facts in this documentary are astoundingly sobering, and yet society continues to keep its head buried in the sand. By avoiding any political slant, the filmmakers forcefully get the message across.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 09 2007 09:53 AM

Shadows on the Wall

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Derek Malcolm

All sorts of experts testify with some conviction, but the film's jerky structure and lack of complexity don't help.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 09 2007 09:37 AM

This is London

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3/5

Xan Brooks

A horribly enlightening documentary.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 09 2007 08:12 AM

Guardian [UK]

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3/5

Kevin Maher

An informative and unashamedly apocalyptic documentary about the world’s obsession with oil that makes An Inconvenient Truth look positively chipper.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 09 2007 07:54 AM

Times [UK]

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3.5/5

Daniel Etherington

A compelling documentary, wrought with a dry rationalism and presenting the horrifying case of the stuff that's both "the bloodstream of the world economy" and "the excrement of the devil".

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 09 2007 07:24 AM

Channel 4 Film

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3/5

Jamie Russell

A chilling picture of coming global crisis fuelled by our lack of fuel.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 09 2007 07:00 AM

BBC

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3/5

Tom Charity

Depressingly compelling.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 09 2007 06:54 AM

Total Film

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4/5

Patrick Peters

Slick, striking and sobering.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 08 2007 09:52 AM

Empire Magazine

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Steve Watson

Simple message is powerful and compelling.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 07 2007 06:51 AM

Little White Lies

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3.5/5

Chris Barsanti

if it doesn't give you at least a nightmare or two, then it's hard to imagine what exactly would frighten you

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 30 2007 05:03 PM

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Brian Gibson

As the puzzle interlocks, the composite truth is terrifying. A second horseman of social collapse is pounding towards us--peak oil.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 27 2007 01:03 PM

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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2/4

Geoff Pevere

You leave a viewing with a sense of utter defeat. I can envision a future DVD special edition that comes with a razor blade, to facilitate wrist slashing.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 09 2007 03:46 PM

Toronto Star

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3/5

Kevin Williamson

A dry, depressing film that, frankly, isn’t entertaining enough to make anyone but the truly masochistic fork over $14 to hear how the world as we know it is going to end.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 09 2007 03:45 PM

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