Reviewer's Rating 2 out of 5 Ìý User Rating 2 out of 5
What The Bleep Do We Know!? (2005)
12aContains infrequent strong language and moderate sex references

Physics get turned into metaphysics in What The Bleep Do We Know!?, a documentary aimed at the totally gullible. Shifting from quantum theory to mystical mumbo jumbo in the blink of an eye, it blends hard science fact with Star Trek visuals, and talking head interviewees with a deadly dull drama about hearing impaired photographer Amanda (Marlee Matlin) and her attempts to achieve a happier life through positive thinking. What does it all mean? We're bleeped if we know.

It's tough to separate the science fact from the science fiction in this attempt to explain life, the universe and everything. Bringing together 'authorities' from the world of science and religion - and sometimes kooky characters from both camps - the three (count 'em) directors come up with some strange theories about quantum physics and the power of positive thinking. If you take What The Bleep at face value, you'll believe that it's been scientifically proven that labelling jars of tap water with negative or positive words actually changes the shapes of the water molecules themselves, or that mass meditation can reduce crime rates, or that reality is just a holodeck, or... Well, you get the idea.

"LESS STEPHEN HAWKING, MORE OPRAH WINFREY"

Eagerly pushing a New Age agenda this is less Stephen Hawking, more Oprah Winfrey: the self-help manual for the multiplex audiences of the 21st century. It feels like an advert for a cult, so it's no surprise to learn that the filmmakers allegedly have ties to the kooky folk at the Ramtha School of Enlightenment. Credulity required.

End Credits

Director: Mark Vicente, Betsy Chasse, William Arntz

Writer: Matthew Hoffman, Betty Chasse, William Arntz

Stars: Marlee Matlin, Barry Newman, Elaine Hendrix, Armin Shimerman, Robert Bailey Jr

Genre: Documentary, Drama

Length: 108 minutes

Cinema: 20 May 2005

Country: USA

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