Crude

  • 2010


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Positive Reviews 25
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Average Rating 3.6/5
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4.5
Joe Berlingers documentary Crude isnt like most films about aggrieved, impoverished people rising up against corporate malefactors. Av Club
3.8
Advertisement Joe Berlingers documentary Crude isnt like most films about aggrieved, impoverished people rising up against corporate malefactors. Av Club
3.5
A bleak, necessarily incomplete tale, and suffers from a late intrusion by celebrity eco botherer Trudi Styler. But with this gripping, angry film, Be .. Time Out
3.0
Structurally a little jumbled, its still a worthy addition to the angry eco doc subgenre. Telegraph
4.0
One has to wonder if oil industry executives are concerned about the release of Joe Berlingers damning documentary. Ny Daily News
3.8
A legal thriller, its a three year investigation into the disaster environmentalists call the Amazonian Chernobyl that offers both sides of the story .. The Globe And Mail
0.0
Berlingers purpose is not to cheerlead or show Fajardo rubbing shoulders with celebrity activists like Trudie Styler and Sting, but to highlight how e .. Radio Times
0.0
The arguments are batted back and forth, and ones sympathy for the Ecuadorean side takes only a slight wobble when Trudi Styler gets behind the cause. Independent
4.4
Heres a powerhouse of a documentary that makes you feel mad as hell and unwilling to take it anymore. Rolling Stone
3.0
Jan.10 09/US 1h45 SUNDANCE FILM FEST This intense documentary tells a hugely important story thats packed with compelling characters and situations. Shadows On The Wall
4.0
A powerfully emotional documentary that grips like an expert legal thriller by turns uplifting, suspenseful and utterly devastating, this is likely to .. View London
3.0
Their ferocious denunciation of American class action lawyers as opportunists is, however, an arresting argument. Guardian
3.0
Not exactly genre bending innovation or anything but a decent documentary about an important episode in history of oil company exploitation. Empire
3.0
A well balanced documentary all the more incisive for its decision to eschew editorialising and let the evidence speak for itself. Express
0.0
Theres much speechifying, with no high octane finale but thats near unavoidable for a case still dragging on amid corrupt politicking. Total Film
4.5
What Crude does best is take us behind the scenes and show in often candid detail how campaigns are waged, tactics decided on and strategies prioritiz .. Calendar Live
1.5
The film is fair (which is different from being objective) and works hard at representing both points of view. That its already been denounced in some .. Nj
3.0
Few of these films ever take solid, substantive slices of truth or attestation from both sides. They are always partial, which vitiates the eagerness .. Ft
3.0
Although the real life outcome may be known to some, Crude still, at its best, unfolds like a courtroom thriller. Entertainment Times Online ..
3.8
Crude has all the hallmarks of a John Grisham story sharp lawyers, raw greed, Big Business behaving badly. The difference is that this David vs. Golia .. No La
3.5
Looking for another reason to leave your car at home Go see Crude. Jam! Movies
4.5
Berlinger doesnt counter Chevrons counter charges with facts and figures. Ny Mag
3.5
Though one sided and all too happy to assail an easy target such as a monstrous oil company, Crude backs up its rhetoric by providing footage and imag .. Spectrum Culture
4.5
When well meaning Trudie Styler, founder of Rainforest Foundation (and Stings wife), comes on, even Farjardos convictions and Berlingers early scenes .. Ny Press
0.0
In a welcome change from many recent documentaries with an activist bent, the director is never seen on camera, never heard on the soundtrack, and doe .. D Cist
2.5
While the current trend in documentaries is to take stories and wrap them into neat little packages, Crude runs merrily against the grain. Daily Mirror (UK)
0.0
Well shows how a canny public relations campaign is a key part of legal strategy to even up the odds in the court of world opinion. . .But does not ge .. Mavens Nest
4.0
Yes, Crude talks about the environmental impact of oil exploitation, but it is not just another documentary about this subject... it is the human pers ..
3.5
It will certainly remain in your mind the next time you stop for gas. Ausin Chronicle
3.8
Its a David and Goliath tale, full of anger and disturbing accusation, but its also inspiring. Explore Entertainment
3.8
Indeed, theres no shortage of sobering facts about the toll of allegedly cavalier business practices by Texaco during its decades in the region. The Star
3.8
Crude unfolds like a pretty good legal thriller. Which, when you really think about it, is what this documentary feature is. Desert News



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