The Big Uneasy
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  • Summary: In his feature-length documentary The Big Uneasy, humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer gets the inside story of a disaster that could have been prevented from the people who were there. Shearer speaks to the tireless investigators and experts who poked through the muck as the water receded, and uncovers a courageous whistle-blower from the Army Corps of Engineers. His dogged pursuit of facts reveals that some of the same flawed methods responsible for levee failure during Hurricane Katrina are being used to rebuild the system expected to protect the "new" New Orleans from future peril. (Official Website)… Expand

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  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    May 20, 2011
    75
    When disaster struck, the documentary says, the powerful corps went to extraordinary lengths to silence, discredit and punish whistleblowers, many of whose allegations were supported by congressional investigators.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    May 19, 2011
    50
    So sleepy and understated that when John Goodman shows up to yell his way through an angrily sarcastic segment called "Ask A New Orleanian," it's incredibly jarring.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Jun 9, 2011
    50
    Unfortunately, I was also convinced that trapped within this 98-minute film is a good 30-minute news report struggling to get out. Shearer, who is bright and funny, comes across here as a solemn lecturer.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    May 21, 2011
    50
    While Shearer admittedly makes an impassioned directorial debut, the film plays out like a data-heavy, extended investigative report with an academic emphasis on scientific findings over portraits of human suffering.

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