The Great Invisible

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The Great Invisible

PG-13

2014

1h 32m

Documentary

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The Deepwater Horizon crisis is seen through the perspectives of oil company executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it firsthand.

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Critics Consensus

Empathetic, smartly crafted, and ultimately devastating, The Great Invisible offers a deep and expansive look at the causes and effects of American energy policy.

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

Dec 11, 2014

3/5

To the filmmakers' credit, the points of view in The Great Invisible are comprehensive and varied, though it's clear who they view as the good guys and bad guys here.

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Stephanie Merry

Washington Post

Nov 6, 2014

3/4

Brown seamlessly blends the emotional, intimate stories of people with bigger pictures, using the explosion as the starting point for a ripple effect that just keeps growing.

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Chris Nashawaty

Entertainment Weekly

Nov 5, 2014

A-

Most of all, it's a sobering look at a part of coastal America that will never be the same again.

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

Dec 10, 2020

8/10

When viewed through the eyes of someone living in 2020, one begins to notice a pattern concerning corporate influence over disaster response.

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

Aug 22, 2018

[Margaret Brown] simply, masterfully, lays out the threads of the situation in front of us in such a way that what we thought we knew is made devastatingly urgent and new.

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John Fink

The Film Stage

Jun 21, 2016

B+

It does answer an awful lot of questions, disturbingly showing how far we have not come in making progress towards low carbon energy sources.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 29, 2026

This is a *4* star Movie!

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Feb 8, 2018

Powerful documentary on offshore oil drilling. To be fair, it simply exposes the horrific truth most of us already suspected, but infused with personal stories and hard data makes it all the more uncomfortable to view. Important work

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Oct 16, 2016

good doc the real story of deepwater horizon

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Sep 30, 2016

I liked listening to the guys who were on the rig tell their story and the overwater shots of the oil slick. Some of the talking heads weren't interesting for me. Mister Rosie was the most interesting part for me. Watching him go around and feed people and talk to Alabama locals was captivating (I can't think of the right word but captivating is close).

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Aug 17, 2016

America makes up 4.4 % of the total world population...but yearly, we use up 21% of all consumed petroleum. I think something is wrong based on this number alone. If we are going to sustain future life on this planet, our attitudes as consumers must change and our dependence on oil must shift to cleaner methods of energy. And it's documentaries like this one, which help us to see the problems not just on a micro level. 4 stars !

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Mar 2, 2015

The result is a logical, informative, radical documentary that will make your blood boil, and rightfully so.

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Margaret Brown

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John Battsek

Executive Producer

Sally Jo Fifer

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Chris Mattsson

Executive Producer

Jeff Skoll

Executive Producer

Margaret Brown

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Synopsis

The Deepwater Horizon crisis is seen through the perspectives of oil company executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it firsthand.

Director: Margaret Brown
Producer: Margaret Brown, Julie Goldman, Kyle Martin, Jason Orans
Distributor: Radius TWC
Production Co: ITVS International, Passion Pictures, Motto Pictures, Gigantic Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language|Thematic Material)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 29, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.0K
Runtime: 1h 32m

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