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Movie Info

Filmmakers Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell expose the reasons behind America's addiction to oil and investigates replacement fuels that are cheaper, cleaner and made in the U.S.A.

Rating:

PG (Mild Thematic Material)
Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell
Writer:

Johnny O'Hara
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 5, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA):

$73.5K
Runtime:

1h 28m

Cast & Crew

Joshua Tickell
Director

Rebecca Harrell Tickell
Director

Johnny O'Hara
Screenwriter

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Critic Reviews for Pump

All Critics (20) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (15) | Rotten (5)

"Pump" is fascinating at times, although the quick cutting and constant music take away from some engrossing moments.

October 9, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Stephanie Merry
Washington Post
If nothing else, Pump will make you wonder whether you can hack your own car to make it run on an alternative fuel.

September 21, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Tomris Laffly
Movie Mezzanine
As far as documentaries go, the film is exhaustively researched, interviewed and documented.

September 18, 2014 | Full Review…

Martin Tsai
Los Angeles Times
As filmmaking, "Pump" sometimes resembles a Super Bowl commercial.

September 18, 2014 | Full Review…

Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
"Pump" is quite entertaining, drawing together colorful archival footage, interviewed experts and ordinary folk ... in a lively, professional package.

September 18, 2014 | Full Review…

Dennis Harvey
Variety
The doc does a good job of avoiding partisan caterwauling, limiting its argument to a clear thesis and well-articulated supporting statements.

September 17, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Rob Humanick
Slant Magazine
The power of choice is important, and it is this privilege that makes us Americans, but unfortunately, the social impact of this film will be much less than what was hoped for.

November 9, 2018 | Full Review…

Morgan Rojas
Cinemacy
Pump may be a little too preoccupied with oil industry conspiracy theories (Prohibition was really an effort to keep the auto industry from making alcohol-powered cars?), but its big-picture message isn't a tough one to swallow.

November 22, 2017 | Full Review…

Josh Terry
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
With outright tenacity, Pump sets its teeth into the problem that establishing an alternative source of fuel is hard when the biggest stakeholders are the ones who would rather it didn't catch on.

December 10, 2015 | Full Review…

John Noonan
FILMINK (Australia)
Well, if it's propaganda, it's very well done, convincingly making the case for ethanol and methanol as well as biofuel in general - at least in the US market

December 8, 2015 | Full Review…

Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile
You will be shocked, I am sure, to discover that Big Oil has put its profits before all else (including you).

January 26, 2015 | Full Review…

MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher
there is plenty in this film that informative and more that is infuriating

January 11, 2015 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

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