SummaryIn 2006, as many as 5,000 modern electric cars were destroyed by the major car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back… with a vengeance. In Revenge of the Electric Car, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors, and an indep... Read More
Directed By:Chris Paine
Written By:P.G. Morgan, Chris Paine
Revenge of the Electric Car
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Generally Favorable
63
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
63% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
32% Mixed
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6 Reviews
5% Negative
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1 Review
Oct 20, 2011
90
In the end, Revenge of the Electric Car is a slick, enjoyable valentine to a retooling industry. This optimistic film lacks the outrage of the earlier work, but that's O.K. A movement needs its triumphs too.
Nov 9, 2011
75
So Paine's 2006 doc has a happy sequel. His film is just as polished and good-looking as his first one, gives us a good look at automakers we like, and is entertaining. But the first film was charged with drama. "Revenge" is somewhat anticlimactically charged with a wall plug.
Oct 16, 2011
75
Given Paine's penchant for B-movie-sounding titles, let's hope he gets to make it a trilogy that concludes with The Electric Car Lives!
Oct 18, 2011
70
Sleekly designed (Tim Robbins narrates) with excellent mileage, Revenge is a balm for beaten-down times. In lieu of a business case for ethics, it tells the story of that rare moment when the bottom line finally dovetails with the greater good.
Nov 3, 2011
60
Ultimately, Revenge of the Electric Car is like meeting with an overeager salesman. In real life, that's not necessarily an unpleasant experience, but it also doesn't last 90 minutes.
Oct 16, 2011
50
Revenge is a disappointment. Admittedly, the picture deploys the same kind of cinematic bells and whistles that made "Killed" so enjoyable. But without true tension, the documentary feels as slickly manufactured as its va-va-voom subject.
Oct 21, 2011
25
This time the execs are lobbying us, yet the public grows increasingly furious as our tax dollars fund corporate welfare, bailouts and dumb ideas like the $41,000 golf cart that is the Chevy Volt.
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Sep 23, 2019
10
This movie was great! Very informative, with telling us about the EV1 to an interesting look into Elon Musk’s electric car company.
Jan 26, 2012
3
Rundown of the electric car market but doesn't deliver anything new than what a casual observer of the trend doesn't already know. There is also a bitterness to the movie which feels like the personal opinion of the producer infecting the script. It may have scored higher but for the almost hatred shown for carlos the CEO of Nissan/Renault and for the suspiciously complete omission of the Toyota Prius. Not one mention. I am guessing since the film makers were not given access to Toyota and their EV developments that they would have their own 'Revenge' and not mention them. Childish and detracts from what film making should be about.
Production Company:
- Papercut Films
- WestMidWest Productions
Release Date:Oct 21, 2011
Duration:1 h 30 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:You can't kill an idea whose time has come.
Awards
Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)
• 2 Nominations
Environmental Media Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Irina Palm d'Or
• 1 Nomination
