Interviews with scientists and authors, animated bits, and a storyline involving a deaf photographer are used in this docudrama to illustrate the link between quantum mechanics, neurobiology, human consciousness and day-to-day reality.
With a schlockmeister's showmanship, the directors have simply taken the old film, cut in other footage and outtakes, and re-released it as a different picture.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
3 Feb 2006
fresh:
A sequel for seekers, What the Bleep!? Down the Rabbit Hole is a lightning rod for skeptics and believers alike.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
3 Feb 2006
rotten:
While it does render scientific and philosophical principles in a highly accessible format, the film is nonetheless a real chore to sit through, especially in this version, weighing in at more than 2 1⁄2 hours.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb 2006
rotten:
... having sat through the entirety of this bulbous exercise in commerce, I did not come away uninspired.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
17 Feb 2006
rotten:
Down the Rabbit Hole makes teen sex comedies, action-chick sci-fi and the other usual multiplex chum seem like high-minded discourse.