A Statement review – outstanding climate change dramedy about a 1980 meeting
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New York Film Festival 2026: Paul Giamatti and John Turturro star in an entirely engaging film made from bureaucrats’ transcripts New York film festival: Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti and Tatiana Maslany lead an excellent ensemble in this dramatization of a failed conference on climate change In late October 1980, days before the election of Ronald Reagan , Congress summoned 20 experts in various fields to a beachfront hotel in Florida. On paper, director Tom McCarthy’s latest film, A Statement might appear to be a dense polemic, hardly the stuff of exciting moviemaking.
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- The Guardian 4 October 2026 at 07:15 WIB
A Statement review – outstanding climate change dramedy about a 1980 meeting - TheWrap 4 October 2026 at 07:15 WIB
‘A Statement’ Review: Tom McCarthy’s Climate Change Dramedy Is a Period Piece That Slyly Meets Our Moment - Deadline 4 October 2026 at 07:15 WIB
‘A Statement’ Review: Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti And Superb Ensemble In Tom McCarthy’s Splendid Humanist Look At Climate Change – New York Film Festival
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