Revenge of the Electric Car
Seen it?2011 | 90 min | Documentary
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 30 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
A sequel to 2006's Who Killed the Electric Car?, director Chris Paine once again looks at electric vehicles. Where in the last film electric cars were dismissed as uneconomical and unreliable, and were under multiple attacks from government, the auto industry, and from energy companies who didn't want them to succeed, this film chronicles, in the light of new changes in technology, the world economy, and the auto industry itself, the race - from both major car companies like Ford and Nissan, and from new rising upstarts like Tesla - to bring a practical consumer EV to market.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
69% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 13K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Chris Paine
- Chelsea SextonSelf
- Tim RobbinsNarrator (voice)
- Danny DeVitoSelf (EV1 Driver)
- Stephen ColbertSelf
- Elon MuskSelf (CEO, Tesla Motors)
- Jon FavreauSelf (Director, Iron Man)
- Reverend GadgetSelf - Electric Car Converter (as Greg 'Gadget' Abbott)
- Talulah RileySelf
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerSelf