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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

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Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.5/10

Genre: Education/General Interest

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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: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
11/09/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

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

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
11/09/07
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

A horribly enlightening documentary.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
11/09/07
Xan Brooks
Xan Brooks
Guardian [UK]

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

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
11/09/07
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Times [UK]

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: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
11/09/07
Daniel Etherington
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film

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

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
11/09/07
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

Depressingly compelling.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
11/09/07
Tom Charity
Tom Charity
Total Film

Slick, striking and sobering.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
11/08/07
Patrick Peters
Patrick Peters
Empire Magazine

Simple message is powerful and compelling.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
11/07/07
Steve Watson
Steve Watson
Little White Lies

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: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
07/30/07
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

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

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
06/02/07
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As the puzzle interlocks, the composite truth is terrifying. A second horseman of social collapse is pounding towards us--peak oil.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
04/27/07
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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: Toronto Star | comment Comment
03/09/07
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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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: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
03/09/07
Kevin Williamson
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