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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?
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- Lizzie Gillett
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Facts
September 21, 2009 · 1 h 32 min · Disturbing Imagery
- Released
- September 21, 2009
- Runtime
- 1 h 32 min
- Content
- Disturbing Imagery
- Genres
- War, Documentary, History
- Original language
- English
- Also spoken
- French
- Made in
- United Kingdom
- Available in
- 51 countries
Tropes
20 Minutes into the Future, Apocalyptic Log, Capitalism Is Bad +9
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Is The Age of Stupid worth watching?
70
GoodGoodWatch scoreMostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 70 (IMDb 7 and Rotten Tomatoes 73%).
Will I feel good after watching The Age of Stupid?
BleakHopeful
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 9 for melancholy, against 3 for hopefulness.
Is The Age of Stupid plot-driven or character-driven?
CharactersPlot
Mostly character-driven: it leans on pathos (8 of 10) and dialogue centrality (6 of 10) more than on its plot.