Critic Reviews

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.

Remarkable documentary.

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

What's less clear, and more maddening, is how several generations of Ecuadorans have been left to live on toxic land, their health and livelihoods compromised, while lawyers file motions and counter-motions and blame is passed around.

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.

Crude is so crammed with facts and figures that it can be a little dizzying, but what’s more important is what Berlinger records between all the talking-head interviews and vérité footage.

It's a David-and-Goliath tale, full of anger and disturbing accusation, but it's also inspiring.

Minor flaws and all, Crude represents a crucial document as much as any evidence put forward in the courtroom itself.

Picture makes an engrossing case for justice.

Corporate inhumanity Berlinger ferociously exposes.