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Mixed Reviews for 'A Statement' at Film Festival
Two reviews of the film 'A Statement,' directed by Tom McCarthy, offer contrasting perspectives. One critic finds it talky and flat, while another praises the ensemble cast and calls it a splendid humanist look at climate change.
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On paper, director Tom McCarthy’s latest film, A Statement might appear to be a dense polemic, hardly the stuff of exciting moviemaking. It centers on a 1980 Florida conference dealing with the effects of Carbon Dioxide emissions on the environment, gathering politicians, academics, scientists
2026-10-04 00:15 UTC
Variety
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. My heartless prediction: next to no one.
2026-10-04 00:15 UTC