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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- The most engaging is straight-shooting Erin Brockovich (whom you'll remember from that Julia Roberts pic), still helping average Joes fight uphill battles against corporate toxin-dumping.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFollowing the template of documentaries bent on scaring viewers silly, Oasis winds up with a segment pointing to glimmers of hope, one of which addresses the marketing challenge of convincing citizens that recycled waste water is safe for drinking.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceUltimately, it's all connected, and with as fascinating and far-ranging an issue as this one, you can't fault the director for wanting to fit it all in.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottHowever frustrated they may be by political paralysis, corporate trickery or plain human stupidity, none of them seem inclined to give up. When they do, we really will be screwed, and we won't have or need movies like this to tell us so.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfStill, the problem that often fells these documentaries - humorlessness - has been licked: Jack Black makes an exuberant cameo pitching recycled toilet water (his fake brand is called Porcelain Springs). Sound gross? Open wide, because it's on the menu for all of us.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOasis also takes aim at the bottled-water industry, entertainingly calling in psychologists to break down our fears of what is - or isn't - contaminating what we drink.
- 50Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerBoth an informative bit of agitprop and an ultra slick and slightly self-satisfied bit of entertainment.