Last Call at the Oasis

Name: Last Call at the Oasis
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 4, 2012
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Erin Brockovich-Ellis, Jay Famiglietti, Peter H. Gleick

2012

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ATO Pictures | Release Date: May 4, 2012 | PG-13

Starring: Erin Brockovich-Ellis, Jay Famiglietti, Peter H. Gleick

Summary: Last Call at the Oasis presents a powerful argument for why the global water crisis will be the central issue facing our world this century. (ATO Pictures)

Director: Jessica Yu

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 105 min

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Jennie Punter

May 25, 2012

There is nothing dry about Last Call at the Oasis, Jessica Yu's engaging, informative and fast-flowing documentary exploring the global water crisis. Read full review

Amy Biancolli

May 10, 2012

One can argue the movie's finer points, but in the end, there's no escaping its creeping pile-up of evidence that Mother Earth is critically dehydrated - and we need to do something, fast. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

May 11, 2012

As a lucid, emotionally involving portrait of the looming crisis surrounding water - supplies of which are dwindling as contamination rises - Jessica Yu's smartly constructed argument works less as a tutorial than as an infectiously impassioned call to arms. Read full review

John Anderson

Apr 30, 2012

Whether the glass is half full or half empty isn't the point of the effervescent Last Call at the Oasis: It's whether there'll be anything in the glass at all. Read full review

John DeFore

Apr 30, 2012

Following the template of documentaries bent on scaring viewers silly, Oasis winds up with a segment pointing to glimmers of hope, one of which addresses the marketing challenge of convincing citizens that recycled waste water is safe for drinking. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

May 3, 2012

Oasis also takes aim at the bottled-water industry, entertainingly calling in psychologists to break down our fears of what is - or isn't - contaminating what we drink. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Apr 30, 2012

Both an informative bit of agitprop and an ultra slick and slightly self-satisfied bit of entertainment. Read full review

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DTDunn

Nov 15, 2012

Documentaries, at least to me, are rated using a modified 10 scale. The quality and "watchability" of the film are of course important, but with a documentary, the relevance of the subject matter is critical. The issue of global fresh water depletion and pollution is a serious issue thatDocumentaries, at least to me, are rated using a modified 10 scale. The quality and "watchability" of the film are of course important, but with a documentary, the relevance of the subject matter is critical. The issue of global fresh water depletion and pollution is a serious issue that most Americans are completely oblivious to, but that matter is as important as anything you need to consider as a concerned adult. This film does a superior job of explaining this issue in terms that most anyone can comprehend. You should watch this film.… Expand

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