Crude

Name: Crude
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 9, 2009
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 75

2009

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First Run Features | Release Date: September 9, 2009 | Unrated

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 aThree 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

Director: Joe Berlinger

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 105 min

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A.O. Scott

Ahead of us lie many more documentaries similar in tone and spirit to this one. We can hope that at least a few of them are as intelligently and artfully made. Read full review

John Anderson

If the movie is any indication, Chevron would have the public believe there was no Amazon at all -- something people might be willing to believe, were Berlinger not sticking Crude in their faces. Read full review

Peter Travers

Here’s a powerhouse of a documentary that makes you feel mad as hell and unwilling to take it anymore. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

For what Crude does best is take us behind the scenes and show in often candid detail how campaigns are waged, tactics decided on and strategies prioritized. Read full review

Walter Addiego

No film could convey all the complexities of the case - what Crude does is air the plaintiffs' claims and show the lawyers at work. Read full review

Liam Lacey

What makes Crude worthy of the overused term “epic” is the way the case symbolizes a host of contemporary issues: the iron-fistedness of multinational corporations; environmental despoliation; the disappearance of indigenous cultures; and the power of celebrity and the media to influence justice. Read full review

Kyle Smith

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. Read full review

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nickj

Sep 13, 2009

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!

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