The Big Fix
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  • Summary: On April 22, 2010 the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico creating the worst oil spill in history. Until the oil well was killed on September 19th, 205 million gallons of crude oil and over 1.8 millions gallons of chemical dispersant spread into the sea. By exposing the root causes of the spill, filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell uncover a vast network of corruption. The Big Fix is a damning indictment of a system of government led by a powerful oligarchy that puts the pursuit of profit over all other human and environmental needs. (Green Planet Productions)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Reviewed by: Mike Scott
    Feb 14, 2012
    75
    Along the way, a raft of experts are featured -- including Times-Picayune outdoor editor Bob Marshall -- speaking bluntly about the cozy relationship between politicians and the oil industry.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Dec 1, 2011
    60
    The film's most upsetting scenes are its interviews with residents whose livelihood has been decimated and whose health has been compromised.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    Dec 1, 2011
    60
    Though the Tickells' unabashedly partial, first-person approach is a liability, they present so much damning evidence that their case is - one hopes - impossible to ignore.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Nov 28, 2011
    38
    The Tickells' style is a predictable grab bag of interviews with outraged experts and journalists, TV news footage, and scenes in which the filmmakers (and, during one trip, fellow activists Peter Fonda and Amy Smart) make faux-daring journeys into the fray to bring back supposed realities that corporate America seeks to hide.

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