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A Statement

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Set at a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, when twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on a global issue that is starting to gain traction: the effects of CO2 emissions on the climate. The group of scientists, activists, and policymakers have one simple mandate from Congress -- write a statement about what to do. Easier said than done.

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Marshall Shaffer Slant Magazine 2 days ago
2.5/4
A Statement is nothing if not a tribute to the messy business of living up to the motto on America’s seal: out of many, one. Go to Full Review Siddhant Adlakha Observer 2 days ago
4/4
Funny and terrifying in equal measure, Tom McCarthy’s A Statement is a work of recent history rendered urgently, re-creating a multidisciplinary policy meeting on climate change in October of 1980. Go to Full Review Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture 4 days ago
A Statement, for all its well-founded despair, also manages to be an extremely entertaining movie. Go to Full Review Alex Papaioannou InSession Film 4 days ago
B-
As A Statement comes to a close, McCarthy does indeed deliver a film that feels as timely as ever Go to Full Review Rodrigo Perez The Playlist 4 days ago
B
“A Statement” is nimble, sophisticated, layered, and frequently fascinating, but for some audiences, it may prove more intellectually stimulating and cerebral than emotionally cathartic. Go to Full Review Ryan McQuade Awards Watch 5 days ago
B+
A Statement has a breeze narrative with zippy dialogue that creeps up and slaps you in the mouth with its message at the end, landing a punch in the same impact that McCarthy’s previous work of biographical dramatic filmmaking did ten years ago. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Tom McCarthy

Director

Paul Rudd

Actor

Evan Peters

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Amy Ryan

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Paul Giamatti

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John Turturro

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Movie Info

Synopsis Set at a beachside resort in Florida in 1980, when twenty experts gather for a weekend conference on a global issue that is starting to gain traction: the effects of CO2 emissions on the climate. The group of scientists, activists, and policymakers have one simple mandate from Congress -- write a statement about what to do. Easier said than done.
Director
Tom McCarthy
Producer
Mary Aloe, Jonathan King, David Levine, Tom McCarthy, Jonathan Schwartz, Nick Shumaker, James Whitaker
Screenwriter
Tom McCarthy, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré
Production Co
Anonymous Content
Genre
Drama, History, Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 44m
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