Press Reviews

New Zealand Celsias | Date 20 August 2009

Star Studded Lineup Greets Southern Hemisphere Premiere: "The Age of Stupid"

The combined talents at Oxfam and Greenpeace last night brought big names out for the Southern Hemisphere premiere of The Age of Stupid . The house was utterly packed for the premiere. If you have not heard about this movie, you absolutely must go see it.

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Eyes Wired Open | Date 20 August 2009

The Age of Stupid is Here

The UK climate change doco The Age of Stupid had its premiere in Sydney last night and is now screening at various Hoyts cinemas until next Thursday (August 27).

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The Age Australia | Date 20 August 2009

Doco paints both bleak and invigorating picture

DIRECTOR Franny Armstrong (McLibel) has made a passionate documentary about global warming that is an odd combination of the bleak and the invigorating.

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Herald Sun | Date 20 August 2009

We're all gonna die, weather or not.

Is it getting hot around here, or what? The UK-produced The Age of Stupid is not your average in-your-face, on-your-conscience climate change documentary.

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The New Zealand Herald | Date 20 August 2009

I'm with Stupid

"When you see people cry after your film ends, it's the most satisfying feeling."

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The Sydney Morning Herald - Opinion Piece | Date 19 August 2009

The wind farm meets the Metro

THE movie The Age of Stupid, which opened last week, paints a pretty damming picture of the mad fix we're in after 100 years of cooking our planet.

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The Lone Reporter | Date 19 August 2009

The Age of Stupid: New Climate Film Shames Us

SYDNEY | In Sydney for the Australian release of her latest film, The Age of Stupid, 37-year-old British filmmaker Franny Armstrong exposes the ’stupid’ self-destructive legacy that current society will leave, if climate change is not controlled.

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The Sydney Morning Herald | Date 19 August 2009

Six true stories indicate that our time to reverse the impact of climate change may be running out.

Having bloodied the noses of McDonald's and the British judicial system with her first feature documentary, McLibel, Franny Armstrong moves on to bigger things in The Age of Stupid, an engaging and urgent attempt to make us all see sense about climate change.

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3 News NZ | Date 19 August 2009

Age of Stupid opens with an environmentally friendly premiere

The environmental film The Age of Stupid premiered in New Zealand and Australia tonight in solar powered cinemas – or more accurately, tents. It has been a long road for the film’s Kiwi producer Lizzie Gillett, who had dedicated the past five years to the film.

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C21 Media’s ‘What’s Up Doc’ | Date 18 August 2009

Smart money goes on Stupid

After building a buzz on the festival circuit last year, environmental drama-documentary-animation hybrid The Age of Stupid looks set to break through in 2009. Franny Armstrong (below), the film’s director, talks to Jesse Whittock.

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