Bill Nye: Science Guy works best because the profile it builds around its subject is a bit rough around the edges.

| May 20, 2020

As a documentary, directors David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg manage to create a film that zips along. There's enough ground to cover that it always feels interesting.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 2, 2018

The central question of how does one become a "scientific statesman" in our current media environment, which is entertainment-driven and filled with misinformation and even disdain for science, is an intriguing one.

| Dec 18, 2017

As the movie explores Nye's family history, we do see just how intertwined the threads of thinking and emotion can be.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 14, 2017

... what the documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy achieves, as the best documentaries do, is peer behind the curtain of illusion and try to find some kind of truth.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 8, 2017

There's now an urgency, a sense that we are in peril because fundamental truths about how the world works are being ignored and ridiculed.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 8, 2017

The gloves come off in Bill Nye: Science Guy...

| Nov 30, 2017

Channeling Nye's own gift for making complex ideas simple and clear, the filmmakers edit together these various aspects of Nye's life with deceptive ease, drawing on interviews and archival material and following him throughout his hectic schedule.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 30, 2017

Biggest takeaway? Nye's previous mission of making science accessible to children is nothing compared to the challenge in convincing adults of the perils of climate change.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2017

This documentary gets the best of both worlds, building a personal story of the likable, trustworthy Nye, as well as offering a serious, hopeful love letter to science itself.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2017

Yes, it's deeply pleasurable to watch Nye school conservative blowhards who make their living promoting lies, but I wanted Alvarado and Sussberg to explore their subject as thoroughly as he explores the world around him.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2017

Bow-tied brainiac Bill Nye gets a sympathetic treatment from admiring filmmakers in this non-shocking doc.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 16, 2017

"Bill Nye: Science Guy" offers an absorbing and entertaining portrait, of both the science evangelist and the guy behind him.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 16, 2017

David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg smartly avoid the bio-doc pitfall of painting their subject as some sort of infallible figure whose achievements alone would silence any critics.

| Nov 13, 2017

Should warm the hearts and minds of science lovers, weather enthusiasts, environmental watchdogs and astronomy buffs, all while inspiring viewers to ask questions and seek answers.

| Nov 9, 2017

Directors David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg have tapped into something deeper than vanilla hagiography.

| Nov 9, 2017

A delightful chance to walk in the shoes of a tireless promoter of science education.

| Oct 27, 2017

[A] delightful, revealing documentary ...

| Oct 26, 2017

An edifying glimpse into the life and work of a 온라인카지노추천 celebrity transformed into a passionate critic of climate change.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 10, 2017

Mixes science and inquiry with an intimate look at the personal trials and tribulations of Nye.

| Original Score: B | May 19, 2017