{
  "id": 11800807,
  "title": "‘A Statement’ Review: Just What We Need Right Now — Another Movie About Climate Change! But Tom McCarthy’s Historically Based Talkfest Reveals How Much We Knew in 1980",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/a-statement-review-just-what-we-need-right-now-another-movie-about",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T00:15:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/a-statement-review-paul-rudd-paul-giamatti-nyff-1236898120/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On paper, \"A Statement\" sounds like an interesting movie, but it’s at once talky and flat, grabby and meandering, impassioned and neutral. It wants to be a \"firebrand\" docudrama, yet I can’t imagine who the audience is going to be for it. My heartless prediction: next to no one.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "‘A Statement’ Review: Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti And Superb Ensemble In Tom McCarthy’s Splendid Humanist Look At Climate Change – New York Film Festival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/a-statement-review-paul-rudd-paul-giamatti-and-superb-ensemble-in-tom",
        "published": "2026-10-04T00:15:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IndieWire",
        "title": "‘A Statement’ Review: Tom McCarthy’s Talky Climate Crisis Seriocomedy Is Light Entertainment That Hardly Rakes the Muck",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/a-statement-review-tom-mccarthys-talky-climate-crisis-seriocomedy-is",
        "published": "2026-10-04T00:15:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘A Statement’ Review: Tom McCarthy’s Climate Change Dramedy Is a Period Piece That Slyly Meets Our Moment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/a-statement-review-tom-mccarthys-climate-change-dramedy-is-a-period",
        "published": "2026-10-04T00:15:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}