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The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid

War · Documentary · History · 2009

Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

Movie details

The Age of Stupid

2009 War · Documentary · History 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.0 / 10

4.7K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

73 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

6.6 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Age of Stupid?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Franny Armstrong

Written by

Franny Armstrong

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

The Archivist

Babou Ceesay

Babou Ceesay

Self (voice)

T

Toyah Frantzen

Self - Dutch

Court is in session

Put The Age of Stupid on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.