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‘A Statement’ Review: Tom McCarthy’s Climate Change Dramedy Is a Period Piece That Slyly Meets Our Moment
Tom McCarthy handily succeeds at creating a climate change dramedy that feels historical yet timely for our current world
Summary
New York Film Festival 2026: Paul Giamatti and John Turturro star in an entirely engaging film made from bureaucrats’ transcripts On Oct. 30, 1980, 20 experts got together at the Don CeSar Hotel in St. Petersburg, Fla., to address the impact of CO2 emissions on the climate. What they managed to prove is what every social scientist already knows: If there’s a chance for people to get in their own way, they’ll knock each other over to grab it.
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