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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • GoDigital
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • GoDigital
  • 1 h 29 m

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, filmmaker...

Directed By: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

Written By: Johnny O'Hara

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • GoDigital
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • GoDigital
  • 1 h 29 m

The Big Fix

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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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, filmmaker...

Directed By: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell

Written By: Johnny O'Hara

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
57
33% Positive
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
11% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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56% Mixed
5 Reviews
11% Negative
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75
Feb 14, 2012
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.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 28, 2011
A gloomy but perhaps realistic depiction of the forces of corruption and deceit that produce environmental catastrophes.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 1, 2011
The film's most upsetting scenes are its interviews with residents whose livelihood has been decimated and whose health has been compromised.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 1, 2011
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.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 29, 2011
It's more a summarizing project than an act of investigative journalism or a revelatory indictment.
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50
Nov 28, 2011
Alternately gutsy and preachy, specific and scattered, the righteously angry pic risks alienating those who could be galvanized by its proof of Big Oil's corrupting omnipotence.
By Rob Nelson FULL REVIEW
38
Nov 28, 2011
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.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Big Picture Ranch, Green Planet Productions
Release Date Dec 2, 2011
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/thebigfix/#!/pages/The-Big-Fix/111374498948251?v=wall
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Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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