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Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: Three years in the making, this riveting new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) tells the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" case, Crude is a real-life, high stakes legal drama involving global politics, the environmental movement, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, multinational corporate power, and the fate of disappearing indigenous cultures. (First Run Features) Expand
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  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Reviewed by: Scott Foundas
    90
    Remarkable documentary.
  2. Reviewed by: Eric Monder
    80
    Minor flaws and all, Crude represents a crucial document as much as any evidence put forward in the courtroom itself.
  3. Reviewed by: Dan Jolin
    60
    Not exactly genre-bending innovation or anything but a decent documentary about an important episode in history of oil company exploitation.
  4. 25
    Like its subject, a lawsuit that is expected to go on for another 10 years, Crude has no ending. This is the perfect ending for this Goliath versus Goliath documentary about powerful personal-injury lawyers taking on a powerful corporation.

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  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. nickj
    8
    A powerful and affecting documentary. The brilliance of Crude is that it does not only show the side of the people being affected by the oil. It first shows you Chevron's view, then systematically proves it wrong. This seals up all the cracks of usual documentary making. Great job! Expand

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