The Oil Factor (2004)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 3
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 2
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Experts have estimated that at the current rate of production, the United States and Europe will exhaust their supplies of oil by the year 2010. Meanwhile, the nation of Iraq holds the world's second largest reserve of oil, representing nearly three-quarters of the Earth's current petroleum supplies. As the United States and Great Britain mount an ongoing war in Iraq that has eliminated their former government and established a new one in its place under American watch, is it a coincidence that
Jul 15, 2005 Wide
Mar 14, 2006
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Edward Asner
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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (3)
Husband-and-wife filmmakers Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohy pack their film with information that will not please anyone frustrated by the ubiquity of space-hogging, gas guzzling SUVs.
Top CriticMost of this is old news. And the filmmakers never make a coherent case, at least not to the layperson. As a result, the film, which runs about 90 minutes, seems painfully long.
Gives muckraking journalism a bad name.
offers nothing that any mildly news-savvy viewer doesn't already know
A good refresher course for those whose antidepressant prescriptions aren't about to expire.
In their quest to connect as many dots as possible (Halliburton, depleted uranium, civilian war deaths), Ungerman and Brohy spread themselves a little thin across the map of U.S. intrigue.
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