Review of The Age of Stupid (2009) by Mike M — 11 Mar 2009

The evidence of climate change is here for all to see, but the talking point, I suspect, is less likely to be the content than the form; the framing device, in particular, which carries the whiff of science fiction - when a high percentage of leading scientists would tell you this stuff is fact - and comes close, in places, to aping the disengaged experience of channel-hopping.

.. Where Armstrong scores is in making global warming seem personal (something to act upon) rather than merely clinical (something to be observed). After the Al Gore Slide Show, I rather liked that the only graphs we see are hand-drawn, though I can appreciate this tactic is unlikely to appease the global warming deniers.

Together with editor David Hill, the filmmaker sets about making the connections that show how one person's actions can affect everybody else, for better and worse.