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The Age of Consequences

The Age of Consequences

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  • Germany,
  • Spain,
  • Jordan,
  • United States
  • 2016
  • · 80m

Director Jared P. Scott
Genre Documentary, War

The film explores how climate change became inexorably linked to United States national security in the 21st century. Experts in defense and security warn how the terrifying consequences of climate change exacerbate global instability and how climate change will become the major force shaping the global future.

Stream The Age of Consequences

What are critics saying?

88

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Brad Wheeler

Civilization has the wealth and the technology to start dealing with the threat, but does it have the wisdom?

70

The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore

Scott packages these concerns and others in a smart way, and includes the occasional bit of eye-opening history.

70

Village Voice

Scott's filmmaking does a smooth job of linking A to B to Z, with slick, studiously understated montage and an effective music score, although some of the arguments made seem a bit of a stretch, as if climate change is being shoehorned into things artificially.

70

Village Voice by Danny Bowes

Scott's filmmaking does a smooth job of linking A to B to Z, with slick, studiously understated montage and an effective music score, although some of the arguments made seem a bit of a stretch, as if climate change is being shoehorned into things artificially.

50

The New York Times by Glenn Kenny

The information here is compelling and frightening, but the movie is ham-handed.