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  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • Area 23a
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • Area 23a
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary In 2006, as many as 5,000 modern electric cars were destroyed by the major car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back… with a vengeance. In Revenge of the Electric Car, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors, and...

Directed By: Chris Paine

Written By: P.G. Morgan, Chris Paine

  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • Area 23a
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • Area 23a
  • 1 h 30 m

Revenge of the Electric Car

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
63
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Summary In 2006, as many as 5,000 modern electric cars were destroyed by the major car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back… with a vengeance. In Revenge of the Electric Car, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors, and...

Directed By: Chris Paine

Written By: P.G. Morgan, Chris Paine

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
12 Reviews
32% Mixed
6 Reviews
5% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
12 Reviews
32% Mixed
6 Reviews
5% Negative
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90
Oct 20, 2011
In the end, Revenge of the Electric Car is a slick, enjoyable valentine to a retooling industry. This optimistic film lacks the outrage of the earlier work, but that's O.K. A movement needs its triumphs too.
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75
Nov 9, 2011
So Paine's 2006 doc has a happy sequel. His film is just as polished and good-looking as his first one, gives us a good look at automakers we like, and is entertaining. But the first film was charged with drama. "Revenge" is somewhat anticlimactically charged with a wall plug.
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75
Oct 16, 2011
Given Paine's penchant for B-movie-sounding titles, let's hope he gets to make it a trilogy that concludes with The Electric Car Lives!
By Jennie Punter FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 18, 2011
Sleekly designed (Tim Robbins narrates) with excellent mileage, Revenge is a balm for beaten-down times. In lieu of a business case for ethics, it tells the story of that rare moment when the bottom line finally dovetails with the greater good.
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60
Nov 3, 2011
Ultimately, Revenge of the Electric Car is like meeting with an overeager salesman. In real life, that's not necessarily an unpleasant experience, but it also doesn't last 90 minutes.
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50
Oct 16, 2011
Revenge is a disappointment. Admittedly, the picture deploys the same kind of cinematic bells and whistles that made "Killed" so enjoyable. But without true tension, the documentary feels as slickly manufactured as its va-va-voom subject.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
25
Oct 21, 2011
This time the execs are lobbying us, yet the public grows increasingly furious as our tax dollars fund corporate welfare, bailouts and dumb ideas like the $41,000 golf cart that is the Chevy Volt.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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58% Negative
11 Ratings

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5% Mixed
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58% Negative
11 Ratings

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Production Company Papercut Films, WestMidWest Productions
Release Date Oct 21, 2011
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline You can't kill an idea whose time has come.
Website http://www.revengeoftheelectriccar.com/
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Awards

Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)
• 2 Nominations
Environmental Media Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Irina Palm d'Or
• 1 Nomination

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