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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannThe beauty of Morris' achievement is the way he fuses Hawking's work in theoretical physics with his subject's life history -- finding subtle connections between the two, and avoiding the pat, predictable structure of biographical film. [28 Aug 1992, p.C3]
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA film that is genuinely mind-expanding, an exhilarating intellectual gantlet that tells a remarkable human story.
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenHawking is as much a phenomenon as the phenomena he explores. Knowing that, A Brief History Of Time has the deceptive simplicity of an elegant equation - it merely sets up the parallels and permits us to wonder, gazing upon the heavens above and the mysteries within. [28 Aug 1992]
- 80The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasMorris’ film does everything it can to make Hawking’s thinking accessible to a wider audience, and reveal how A Brief History Of Time is as much its author’s story as it is the story of the universe.
- 80The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyA Brief History of Time is a kind of adventure that seldom reaches the screen, and it's a tonic.
- 75Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonTo watch "Time" is not merely to marvel at the heavens we cannot yet know; it is also to admire Hawking, now 50, for approaching such daunting problems on a daily basis, despite every possible problem the cosmos can throw at him.
- 75Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneSlickly executed and dramatically engaging.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDirected by the ingenious documentarian Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line), A Brief History of Time held out the promise of being an audacious, brain-bending experience. Instead, it's plodding and disappointingly conventional.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSomehow the movie fails to connect with the amazing energy of Hawking's ideas. We're left wanting to know more about either his theories or his life, but what we get is a little of each.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThis biography, to our surprise, is extremely respectful and earnest and lacking Morris' usual transformational touch.