Greedy Lying Bastards

PG-13

Released Mar 8, 2013

1h 30m

Documentary

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37 Reviews

54%

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500+ Ratings

The filmmakers examine how and why oil companies and other special-interest groups cast doubt on climate change and stall efforts to combat it.

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Critics Consensus

It's not particularly subtle, but Greedy Lying Bastards is effective in questioning the motives of climate change deniers.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It is a splenetic, satiric attack on the formidable PR forces, spurious thinktanks and talking heads being mobilised in the US to attack the idea of man-made global warming.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 26, 2013

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Adam Woodward

Little White Lies

If you like being hectored, preached at and told you're wrong, then this is the film for you.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 26, 2013

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

This film is an awful warning and awful fun at one and the same time.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 26, 2013

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

There's something refreshing about a film that's willing to name names.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 9, 2020

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Daniel Green

CineVue

There's precious little 'exposed' in Greedy Lying Bastards that hasn't already been thoroughly examined in previous, vastly superior docs

Rated: 2/5

Mar 5, 2019

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Jeremy Aspinall

Radio Times

If ever a documentary needed Michael Moore's ability to debunk the rich and powerful in his inimitable sardonic style, it's here.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 27, 2013

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geoff a

A fair documentary which exposes the issues. But I'm afraid there are better. I found it to dwell too long on examples rather than exploring facts. And I'm afraid, as other have said, I didn't enjoy the narration.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Propaganda for the masses

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

An awfully biased movie full of lies and hatred.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

I liked the doc. but the voice over/narrator's voice is too effeminate, in my opinion. Someone else being hired to present more dulcet tones would have helped this.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

wow, communist propagandists ripping on job producers. Original. And it still sucks.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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glenn g

Inserting oneself into one's own documentary is no easy task. Michael Moore and Nick Broomfield do it masterfully because they understand that their point of view is THE draw. How will Moore take on THE MAN this time? What misery will Broomfield encounter in trying to gain access to his subject? The point is, unless you've got a singular voice, it's best to stay clear of your own narrative. This is a lesson Craig Scott Rosebraugh should have learned when taking on GREEDY LYING BASTARDS, a compelling yet too-often bland exploration of the great climate change debate. The topic is simple enough. Those who deny that Global Warming exists are the villains and Al Gore and company are the Second Coming. Didn't we know all of that already from AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH? Regardless, I applaud anyone trying to make sense out of the mess we're in, but a little cinematic flair wouldn't have killed anyone, right? Instead, we get Rosebraugh's stilted voiceovers, power point presentation graphics, and a lot of finger pointing at some rich, powerful snobs. Whenever Rosebraugh tries to become part of the story, by, shocker, making phone calls (gasp!), the seams start to show, the yawns start forming, and I prayed for an overweight, baseball-hatted Michigan man to come to the rescue and create a hailstorm on one of these Yale Alum's McMansions. His interviews with locals who have suffered through fires and floods make Honey Boo Boo look like Stephen Hawkings. All that's missing is a DELIVERANCE banjo and some hot, squealy piggy sex. It's sad, lacks focus, and is didactic one minute and begging for tears the next. It's a hot, unnatural mess strangely enough about our natural mess. Not else much to say here. You know the debate. It's one of the most essential topics of our lives, so fer chrissakes, dude, don't bore the sh*t out of us in the telling! And seriously with that hideous Death Metal end credits song? UGH!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Craig Scott Rosebraugh

Director

Enoch Adams

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Kert Davies

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Myron Ebell

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Connie Hedegaard

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James Hoggan

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Synopsis

The filmmakers examine how and why oil companies and other special-interest groups cast doubt on climate change and stall efforts to combat it.

Director: Craig Scott Rosebraugh
Producer: Daryl Hannah
Screenwriter: Craig Scott Rosebraugh, Patrick Gambuti Jr.
Distributor: One Earth Productions
Production Co: One Earth Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 8, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.0K
Runtime: 1h 30m

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