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Fuel

2008 · 1h 30m · Not Rated Documentary, Drama
Directed by Josh Tickell

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Overview

Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues define our generation. The film exposes shocking connections between the auto industry, the oil industry, and the government, while exploring alternative energies such as solar, wind, electricity, and non-food-based biofuels.

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Fresh

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.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh

A peppy, bouncy documentary that is watchable and informative, although Tickell's celebrity name-dropping at times detracts from the serious message.

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh

It'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.

Aaron Hillis, Time Out New York
Rotten

There's not a single (even moderately) dissenting voice in Fuel; you're either on the biodiesel bandwagon or raping the planet.

Brian Miller, Village Voice
Fresh

One of the refreshing traits of this action-nudging documentary is Tickell's willingness to wrestle his own biases.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

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