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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
Theatrical Release: 09-11-2007

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.

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11/09/07 09:53 AM
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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All sorts of experts testify with some conviction, but the film's jerky structure and lack of complexity don't help.

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11/09/07 09:37 AM
Derek Malcolm
This is London
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A horribly enlightening documentary.

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11/09/07 08:12 AM
Xan Brooks
Guardian [UK]
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An informative and unashamedly apocalyptic documentary about the world’s obsession with oil that makes An Inconvenient Truth look positively chipper.

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11/09/07 07:54 AM
Kevin Maher
Times [UK]
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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".

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11/09/07 07:24 AM
Daniel Etherington
Channel 4 Film
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A chilling picture of coming global crisis fuelled by our lack of fuel.

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11/09/07 07:00 AM
Jamie Russell
BBC
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Depressingly compelling.

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11/09/07 06:54 AM
Tom Charity
Total Film
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Slick, striking and sobering.

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11/08/07 09:52 AM
Patrick Peters
Empire Magazine
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Simple message is powerful and compelling.

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11/07/07 06:51 AM
Steve Watson
Little White Lies
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if it doesn't give you at least a nightmare or two, then it's hard to imagine what exactly would frighten you

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07/30/07 05:03 PM
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com
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It's every bit as motivational as An Inconvenient Truth, and just as scary

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06/02/07 12:26 AM
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Urban Cinefile
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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.

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04/27/07 01:03 PM
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
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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.

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03/09/07 03:46 PM
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.

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03/09/07 03:45 PM
Kevin Williamson
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