Tickell keeps the film hopping along, far more interested in the positive than a woe-is-us mentality
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11/17/09
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Fuel (2009)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:11
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.2/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 14, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues will be the catalyst for heated debates and positive change for many years to come. 2008 Sundance... [More]
Starring: Barbara Boxer, Richard Branson, Sheryl Crow, Laurie David
Director: Josh Tickell
Reviews for Fuel
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A good natured cheer-leading session for clean vehicles, "Fuel" is several measures short of the intensity it will take to put Hummers where they belong---in museums.
10/04/09
Thanks to an informative, buoyant tone and the director’s own restless intelligence, the film preaches to the unconverted with passion, energy and graphics so clear that they would make Al Gore weep all over his PowerPoint.
09/18/09
Top CriticA peppy, bouncy documentary that is watchable and informative, although Tickell's celebrity name-dropping at times detracts from the serious message.
09/18/09
Top CriticIt’s a slickly enjoyable production (if unfocused and bloated), and his bullet-point tips are persuasive; but dude, there are better ways to humanize these issues than crying on camera.
09/16/09
There's not a single (even moderately) dissenting voice in Fuel; you're either on the biodiesel bandwagon or raping the planet.
09/15/09
Top CriticAnother fervent call-to-arms from one side of the aisle.
09/14/09
For a film about energy, it's marvelous that Tickell ultimately gives us all the proverbial power.
04/04/09
One of the refreshing traits of this action-nudging documentary is Tickell's willingness to wrestle his own biases.
03/20/09
Top CriticTickell makes his case in an entertaining and hence all the more effective manner.
02/26/09
Smartly animated interstitials, memorable archival material and a lively soundtrack round out the fast-paced proceedings.
02/13/09
Top CriticThose outside the bio-church aren’t likely to drive (at less than $2 per gallon) to see it at their local theater.
02/12/09
Top CriticWhile Fuel takes persuasive swipes at the influence of oil-based energy companies over domestic and foreign policy, the film is more dazzling as an introduction to all kinds of clean energy alternatives many of us have never heard of.
11/21/08
Fuel's message is clear -- oil is bad; alternative energy is good -- and its goals are simple -- put Big Oil out of business by selling the American public on the virtues of cleaner energy sources, such as wind, solar, ethanol, hemp, and world music.
11/21/08
... a rousing documentary on the real costs of petrochemical dependence and the practical alternatives within reach.
11/20/08
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