What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: June 18, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
11
Negative:
9
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Dallas ObserverBill Gallo
The film is amateurish in places, but fascinating: Bring your eager hypothalamus and your tuned-up frontal lobes with you. They'll get a workout. Read full review
50
VarietyRobert Koehler
Pic's not-so-hidden agenda is to promote the fusion of science and New Age religion, making it a close cousin to ventures as Bernt and Fritjof Capra's "Mindwalk." Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
As entertainment, the movie is a mixed bag. Some of the talking heads become just that after a while. Read full review
50
Village VoiceBenjamin Strong
Matlin's haphephobic character dry-swallows anti-anxiety pills only in instances of extreme duress, but the actress herself looks pained throughout the movie, wincing reflexively at inappropriate moments. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Once upon a time this was known as "the power of positive thinking," and it didn't involve nearly so much math. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
There are many tantalizing bits, but the overall result is a simplistic story wrapped in barely explained quantum physics and new-age sound bites. Fascinating and frustrating in about equal measure. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
It's fun, instructive, and stimulating, but never beautiful. Ultimately it's limited by its compulsion to knock our socks off at every turn and to compare itself with "Alice in Wonderland." Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The movie annoyingly waits until the end to reveal the names of those experts who have been doing all the talking; it would have been nice to know these folks' qualifications first. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyMargaret Wertheim
In the age of creationism, a sympathetic mix of science and religion sounds like a promising premise. But in this genre-blending cocktail of drama, documentary and computer-graphic animation, quantum physics is so subordinated to the service of an anything-goes mysticism that little remains of the science except the terminology. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Part metaphysical treatise, part educational primer, and part dangerously goofy self-help manual for the New Age set, this bizarre and not unentertaining documentary strives mightily to teach the lay audience everything there is to know about quantum physics in 108 minutes. Read full review
40
EmpireAnna Smith
Touches on some interesting philosophical ideas, but it's poorly-produced and unclear in tone. Read full review
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