Last Call at the Oasis (2012)
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 3
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Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 11
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The global water crisis will be the central issue facing our world this century. We can manage this problem, but only if we are willing to act now. Last Call at the Oasis is a powerful new documentary that shatters myths behind our most precious resource. -- (C) Official Site
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It's one of the best in a recent array of cinematic docs looking at such hot topics as oil, water, food production, climate change, the economy and telling us, as scientist Jay Famiglietti so succinctly puts it in Yu's film, "We're screwed."
Top CriticBe assured, this thorough doc with its gorgeous opening sequence will sear a central message into your brain: think before you drink.
"Last Call at the Oasis" represents nonfiction filmmaking at its most urgent, timely and stylistically smooth.
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.
Yu ends on a mildly optimistic note, but it's hard not to walk away convinced we're all in for a rather severe dry spell.
Ms. Yu, who has directed scripted television episodes as well as documentaries, wraps a lot of bad news into a slick, informative, fast-moving package.
As effective as Yu's film is in conveying its message, its true impact will best be measured in the next half decade.
One of the scariest Outrage Docs.
It's an important documentary that should be seen by all, even if it's only just firing an initial warning shot across our collective, water-consuming bow. (Full Content Review for Parents also available)
Jam-packed with information-filled narratives ... the doc is commended for circumventing fearmongering in favor of engagement and encouragement.
The film is passionate and insightful about its topic, and not just intended as some sort of cheap scare tactic.
Presents one side of the question and assumes it is incontrovertible. In reality, this is preaching to the choir, and it is doubtful that unbelievers are proselytized.
Last Call at the Oasis has more than the usual share of gloom, though it's too steady with the facts to ever come across as alarmist - and some of its imagery is downright haunting.
Startling statistics and memorable personalities that leave a distressing impression--if not complete understanding--of the decline of the world's water supply.
It's true that Americans contribute disproportionately to the problem, but catering to the idea that we're separate from the rest of the world isn't part of the solution.
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The theme is relevant and critically catchy, yet also scary that water crisis is happening and soon the earth will no longer have enough water for its population.
My biggest interest is how. A film is put together, the editing and scrip. The script is well developed and the process of the film developing is slow but slow enough. The idea of shifting the subject from water shortage in America to contaminated water in America. With one of my favorite character making an appearance Erin Brockovich lifting the story from standard to what she is known to do, going around and helping people suffering from cancer due to water contamination. The story enfolds as it finally touches the emotional side. The fear of contaminated water growing
As the story comes to a great wrap up, the question is, is there a water shortage around the world or is that the world has become over populated as time advanced in the last last 15 years.
Overall this movie is a great documentary, it may not be the best documentary I have seen but it was a pretty darn good topic to address and a pretty good topic for the next generation to focus on.
I give this movie a score of 3 out of five.