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What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole

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What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole (2006)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:4

Rotten:11

Average Rating:3.9/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 32 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Feb 3, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: What the BLEEP – Down the Rabbit Hole marks a tremendous cinematic evolution of the original international hit What the BLEEP Do We Know!? It includes important new scientific findings that... What the BLEEP – Down the Rabbit Hole marks a tremendous cinematic evolution of the original international hit What the BLEEP Do We Know!? It includes important new scientific findings that highlight the very real and deepening link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day reality. What the BLEEP – Down the Rabbit Hole is streamlined, jet-fueled and packed with a satisfying payload of new information including: one hour and 45 minutes of new interviews, interviews with two new scientists, Dean Radin, Ph.D. and Dr. Masaru Emoto, interviews with author Lynne McTaggart, never-before-seen footage, three new animation sequences and even a new beginning. The original storyline, which follows protagonist Amanda, (played by Academy Award winning actress, Marlee Matlin) as she sinks into a morass of depression and confusion about life, men, and her work as a professional photographer, flows between the lengthened and extremely meaty interviews. Sixteen of the world’s top physicists, engineers, physicians, biologists, researchers, journalists and mystics talk in depth about consciousness, psi research, physics, biology, emotion and addictions. Unlike the first movie where the balance of interview and storyline was fairly even, in What the BLEEP - Down the Rabbit Hole there is never a doubt as to which is the main course. And the movie is the better for it. Yes, we still follow Amanda in her fantastic Alice in Wonderland-like experiences as her uninspired daily life begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of quantum mechanics hidden beneath her normal, waking reality. But now her life serves more as a human relations touch-stone to the increasingly mystical and mystifying science being revealed. The scientists are the stars of this movie, and there's no forgetting it. But they, too, are human. Never does the movie elevate them and their information as above ordinary human understanding. Indeed, the movie's power and magic lies in the fact that it really makes us understand how human beings are connected to each other - to the whole universe - and how we all affect reality. Quirky animation highlights much of the film, introducing highly complex scientific concepts in a simple, understandable way. Done with humor, precision, and irreverence, these scenes are only part of what makes this film unique in the history of cinema, and another true box-office winner. --© IDP Films [More]

Starring: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, Barry Newman, John Ross Bowie

Starring: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, Barry Newman, John Ross Bowie, Armin Shimerman, Robert Blanche

Director: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Marc Vicente

Director: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Marc Vicente
Screenwriter: Matt Hoffman, William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Marc Vicente
Studio: IDP Distribution

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Mark Olsen

Down the Rabbit Hole makes teen sex comedies, action-chick sci-fi and the other usual multiplex chum seem like high-minded discourse.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 16 2006 01:35 PM

L.A. Weekly

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Andy Klein

...not a sequel but...really more of a "special edition" of the original..., with enough extra material to swell its length to nearly two and a half hours... If you possess anything within yelling distance of a rational mind, you'll giggle mightily before

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 16 2006 01:41 AM

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 04 2006 04:15 AM

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Sean Means

Only the truest of true believers would want to sit through it again.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 03 2006 11:08 AM

Salt Lake Tribune

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1.5/4

Phil Villarreal

You'd think after 35,000 years, a warrior spirit would learn to give an interesting interview.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 23 2006 06:23 AM

Arizona Daily Star

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1.5/5

Jim Slotek

More talking heads, and a lot more Ramtha.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 17 2006 06:58 PM

Jam! Movies

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2/4

Rick Groen

... having sat through the entirety of this bulbous exercise in commerce, I did not come away uninspired.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 17 2006 05:54 PM

Globe and Mail

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Frank Scheck

While it does render scientific and philosophical principles in a highly accessible format, the film is nonetheless a real chore to sit through, especially in this version, weighing in at more than 2 1⁄2 hours.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 10 2006 06:46 PM

Hollywood Reporter

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2.5/4

Maitland McDonagh

The goofy use of animated, Flubber-like blobs aping Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love video (by way of illustrating the irresistibility of desire itself) makes it hard to take the science seriously, which is the Bleep problem in a nutshell.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 03 2006 03:36 PM

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Jeff Shannon

A sequel for seekers, What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole is a lightning rod for skeptics and believers alike.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 03 2006 03:16 PM

Seattle Times

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C

M.E. Russell

The new footage adds almost nothing and feels like a lame, double-dipping cash-grab.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 03 2006 03:13 PM

Oregonian

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1/4

Stephen Whitty

With a schlockmeister's showmanship, the directors have simply taken the old film, cut in other footage and outtakes, and re-released it as a different picture.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 03 2006 03:12 PM

Newark Star-Ledger

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William Arnold

The film doesn't have an agenda, or make any kind of systematic argument as to how quantum physics likely will impact the 21st century. It just looks at the wondrous evidence and asks us to imagine the possibilities.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 02 2006 07:46 PM

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Jan Stuart

It's like falling through the looking glass and finding yourself in the New-Age weekend retreat of your worst nightmares.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 02 2006 12:45 PM

Newsday

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Nick Schager

By its very existence, Down the Rabbit Hole proves false its contention that focused human thought can manifest both internal and external change.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 01 2006 02:36 PM

Slant Magazine

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Michael Atkinson

Bleep was and is meant as a bouncy introduction for religion-conflicted boomers, and unlike most theatrical sludge it won't make you feel stupid.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 31 2006 05:42 PM

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