Press Reviews

Evening Standard | Date 19 March 2009
More inconvenient truths

Franny Armstrong’s docudrama, a well-made warning about our world’s greed and stupidity independently financed by more than 200 small investors, opens with Pete Postlethwaite as an old man living apparently alone in the ecologically devastated world of 2055.

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The Times | Date 19 March 2009
A 'shameless campaigning film'

  The terrifying documentary about climate change. The Age of Stupid is the most imaginative and dramatic assault on the institutional complacency shrouding the issue. Pete Postlethwaite is our guide to the near future.

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Time Out | Date 19 March 2009
'Entertaining and provocative'

There’s no shortage of films about climate change.

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Financial Times | Date 19 March 2009
The wisdom of hindsight, today

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Camden New Journal Review | Date 19 March 2009
End of the world as we know it?

AGE OF STUPID Directed by Fanny Armstrong Certificate 12a

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The Telegraph | Date 19 March 2009
'Bold, supremely provocative, and hugely important'

Franny Armstrong is a film maker who believes in social change. She believes it comes as much from people as from governments. Her last documentary, McLibel (2005), saluted two intrepid environmentalists who successfully took on the might of fast-food giant McDonalds.

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Belfast Telegraph | Date 18 March 2009
Sammy Wilson is a flat earther, fumes eco-film maker

Northern Ireland’s environment minister has come under fire once again for his controversial views on global warming, this time from the director of a major new movie on the subject.  

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Daily Mail | Date 18 March 2009
Will Young resembles Clark Kent rather than Superman at world premiere of The Age of Stupid

Most people would rather resemble Superman with his superpowers than the mild-mannered Clark Kent. However Will Young has opted to look like the shy reporter rather than his exciting alter ego who happens to fight injustice, defeat evil-doers and save the world on a regular basis.

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BBC News | Date 18 March 2009
Age of Stupid writer at screening

The producer and co-writer of new climate change campaign film The Age of Stupid are to introduce screenings at a Highlands theatre. The film, starring Pete Postlethwaite, is set in 2055.

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Sky News | Date 18 March 2009
Eco-Film Age Of Stupid Premieres In London

A new eco-film, made with cash donations, has premiered in London. Set in 2055, The Age Of Stupid looks at the impact of climate change The Age Of Stupid predicts how bad life will be if people don't act fast to stop climate change.

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