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Tom McCarthy’s A Statement dramatizes a 1980 climate conference

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Tom McCarthy’s film A Statement dramatizes a 1980 Florida conference on carbon dioxide emissions and environmental impacts. The ensemble cast includes Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, John Turturro and others. Reviews differ on the film’s execution, with some praising its cast and humanist approach while another describes it as talky and meandering.

Generated automatically by AI from 3 sources, without editorial review · updated 4 Oct

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  1. 4 Oct, 00:15‘A Statement’ Review: Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti And Superb Ensemble In Tom McCarthy’s Splendid Humanist Look At Climate Change – New York Fil · Deadline
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  1. 4 October
  2. Variety
    Latest4 Oct, 00:15

    ‘A Statement’ Review: Just What We Need Right Now — Another Movie About Climate Change! But Tom McCarthy’s Historically Based Talkfest Reveals How Much We Knew in 1980

    On paper, "A Statement" sounds like an interesting movie, but it’s at once talky and flat, grabby and meandering, impassioned and neutral. It wants to be a "firebrand" docudrama, yet I can’t imagine who the audience is going to be for it.

    VarietyVariety•Owen Gleiberman
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Follow-up4 Oct, 00:15

    ‘A Statement’ Review: A Top Ensemble Including Paul Rudd, Amy Ryan and John Turturro Breathes Surprising Vitality Into Dry Docu-Drama

    Paul Giamatti, Evan Peters, Tatiana Maslany and Jason Clarke also star in Tom McCarthy’s account of a 1980 conference at which a sprawling group of experts is tasked with getting ahead of the climate crisis.

    The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood Reporter•David Rooney
  4. Deadline
    First seen4 Oct, 00:15

    ‘A Statement’ Review: Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti And Superb Ensemble In Tom McCarthy’s Splendid Humanist Look At Climate Change – New York Film Festival

    On paper, director Tom McCarthy’s latest film, A Statement might appear to be a dense polemic, hardly the stuff of exciting moviemaking.

    DeadlineDeadline•Pete Hammond