The Age of Stupid
2009 · Movie · 92 min · ★ 6.6 · 68% critics
In a devastated future, a lone archivist reviews footage from the late 2000s to understand how the world reached this point. Through real-world stories and news clips, the film asks why society failed to act on climate change, oil dependence, and everyday choices when there was still time.
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-09-21
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (76 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an urgent, emotionally charged climate-change documentary that mixes future framing with real-world stories, similar to The 11th Hour; not for you if you dislike polemical, pessimistic messaging.
Pros: urgent climate warning; global personal stories; thought-provoking framing | Cons: preachy tone; unfocused structure; polarizing viewpoint
Themes
- post-apocalyptic future
- global warming
- woman director
Cast & crew
Pete Postlethwaite
as The Archivist
Babou Ceesay
as Self (voice)
- TF
Toyah Frantzen
as Self - Dutch
Directed by Franny Armstrong