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Oil City Confidential has generally received very positive reviews.
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Oil City Confidential was released in 2009 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 25 reviews, giving Oil City Confidential (2009) an average rating of 83%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 78%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 73%.
With a score of 83%, Oil City Confidential is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2009, which stands at 57%.
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