Science documentary on the attempt by physicists from all over the world to discover the theoretical Higgs particle. The planet's...
Science documentary on the attempt by physicists from all over the world to discover the theoretical Higgs particle. The planet's best brains prepare to activate the 18-mile long super-collider at CERN in Switzerland after 20 years of planning and building. The idea is to recreate the conditions immediately after the Big Bang, allowing science to move several steps closer to an understanding of the origin of matter. Filmmaker (and physicist) Mark Levinson captured the moment the collider went online, and here frames the experiment as a mystery-filled adventure, including the biggest question of all - would starting the super-collider unleash a world-ending catastrophe?
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96 %49 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
83 %10,294 reviewsAudience score rating
"For professionals and laypeople alike... celebrates an event of earth-shattering importance, though what far-ranging transformations it heralds remain unknown"
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Variety
Variety"That rare, exhilarating science doc that's neither dumbed down nor drabbed up."
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Time Out
Time Out"The experience of watching the film can be vertiginous: You toggle between the tiny and the infinite, between eternity and the real time of the recent past."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The film does everything it can to build a bridge between physics nerds and their wedgie-giving counterparts... making Particle Fever the crowd-pleaser it is."
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The Dissolve
The Dissolve"A timely and fascinating look at physicists' search for the Higgs boson."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterParticle Fever | Details
- Runtime
- 99
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- USA
