Levinson studied particle physics at Berkley, but despite clearly possessing a gargantuan brain, this fabulous whistle-stop tour of the Hadron Collider and the clever and surprisingly cool boffins ... never makes you feel out of your depth

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 26, 2020

The movie could have been as dry as a NOVA episode, and indeed its weakest moments carry an arid whiff of PBS infotainment. For the most part, though, Particle Fever both captures and evokes the human tension behind the experiment.

| Dec 14, 2018

Considering the complexities of the subject matter, the film holds together surprisingly well. It's catnip for physics geeks, of course, but others with even a mild curiosity about the physical world can appreciate it.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 16, 2018

I know nothing about any of this [science] and yet it's absolutely captivating.

| Original Score: B | Mar 9, 2016

Funny and fascinating, this is the kind of evidence that support why governments need to have long-term vision and invest in, not scale back, funding in research.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 11, 2015

Particle Fever shows how the theorists and experimenters need and respect each other, in the course of setbacks, disappointments, premature celebrations and public relations glitches.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 3, 2014

You'll be entertained and, to whatever degree, you will not only learn something, you might have your whole understanding of the universe altered. Pretty good for ninety-nine minutes.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 2, 2014

An adventure, a celebration, and a snapshot of investigation at its most essential and enthralling, Particle Fever is both intelligent and accessible.

Full Review | Nov 26, 2014

This is a film that feeds the imagination and is the most exciting documentary so far in 2014.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 15, 2014

Particle Fever effectively generates appreciation for the tenacity and vision of scientists and the power of dogged curiosity to determine an entire life's path.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 23, 2014

Informative and exciting...an educational film that's uplifting in the best sense.

| Original Score: B+ | May 17, 2014

Even a science dunce will walk away with a basic understanding of the project and a strong impression of the community around this important research...a film about the idealistic pursuit of knowledge...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 25, 2014

It offers a fascinating education, but it also serves as an urgent work of advocacy.

| Apr 16, 2014

Trouble in Boson City but the spunky brainiacs of the Hadron Collider right the ship and identify the illusive link to the beginning of the universe.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 15, 2014

The fact that Mark Levinson's engrossing Particle Fever was edited by the great Walter Murch gives it a better pedigree than most documentaries.

| Apr 8, 2014

[The film] serves as a needed reminder of the excitement of science, a practice that need not be left exclusively to nerds.

Full Review | Apr 8, 2014

A subatomic thriller that not only captures one of mankind's most significant breakthroughs, it makes physics and physicists look hip.

| Original Score: A- | Mar 21, 2014

Its eventual slide into statistics comes to test patience, yet Levinson doesn't lose the essential theme of the movie.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 21, 2014

Brilliant new documentary about the largest scientific experiment in history.

Full Review | Mar 21, 2014

Particle Fever explores with awe-inspiring precision, and in remarkably accessible language, how 10,000 scientists and engineers from around the world built what in effect is the ultimate test tube for particle physics.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 21, 2014