A Statement Review: Tom McCarthy’s Climate Change Drama Draws Mixed Reactions
Critics offer mixed reviews of the film, with some praising its ensemble cast while others find the talk-heavy narrative flat and meandering.
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First reported by Variety, 31 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 7 articles since 3 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 3 October at 23:43 UTC; The Hollywood Reporter followed 32 min later. The most recent article, from IndieWire, appeared on 5 October at 14:20 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline, IndieWire, The A.V. Club.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyPaul Rudd Says He Stopped Bringing His Phone to Film Sets Because He’s ‘Addicted Like Everybody Else’: ‘They’re Facilitating Our Own Destruction’
- The Hollywood Reporter‘A Statement’ Review: A Top Ensemble Including Paul Rudd, Amy Ryan and John Turturro Breathes Surprising Vitality Into Dry Docu-Drama
- Deadline‘A Statement’ Review: Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti And Superb Ensemble In Tom McCarthy’s Splendid Humanist Look At Climate Change – New York Film Festival
- IndieWire‘A Statement’ Review: Tom McCarthy’s Talky Climate Crisis Seriocomedy Is Light Entertainment That Hardly Rakes the Muck
- Variety‘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
- The A.V. ClubPaul Rudd finally ages enough to tell us to put down our damn cellphones
- IndieWireJohn Turturro on ‘Only Living Pickpocket,’ Wishing the Coen Brothers Would Reunite and Why Hollywood Ignores the Working Class
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- ‘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 Variety ·
- ‘A Statement’ Review: A Top Ensemble Including Paul Rudd, Amy Ryan and John Turturro Breathes Surprising Vitality Into Dry Docu-Drama The Hollywood Reporter ·
- Paul Rudd Says He Stopped Bringing His Phone to Film Sets Because He’s ‘Addicted Like Everybody Else’: ‘They’re Facilitating Our Own Destruction’ Variety ·
- John Turturro on ‘Only Living Pickpocket,’ Wishing the Coen Brothers Would Reunite and Why Hollywood Ignores the Working Class IndieWire
- Paul Rudd finally ages enough to tell us to put down our damn cellphones The A.V. Club
- ‘A Statement’ Review: Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti And Superb Ensemble In Tom McCarthy’s Splendid Humanist Look At Climate Change – New York Film Festival Deadline
- ‘A Statement’ Review: Tom McCarthy’s Talky Climate Crisis Seriocomedy Is Light Entertainment That Hardly Rakes the Muck IndieWire
In this story
- Tom McCarthy
- Paul Rudd
- Paul Giamatti
- Amy Ryan
- John Turturro
- Evan Peters