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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaFrom the street corner to the boardroom to the White House, the same paradigms are in play, Brown argues.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineTim CogshellBoxoffice MagazineTim CogshellIf this film is nothing else (and it may be nothing else) it's funny and (ironically) fundamentally true. What certainly isn't true is what it purports to be, which is a legitimate course of study that analyzes the historic, international, socio-cultural, economic and psychological relationships between individuals, governments and corporations through the prism of physics and what has been loosely called metaphysics.
- 50Washington PostWashington PostLike "What the Bleep," this movie is a bit of a hodgepodge, blending an interview-driven documentary with a less remarkable story-based drama.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenVery much a lesson, and a repetitive and uneven one at that, GhettoPhysics succeeds at least as a conversation starter.
- 40VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyFor all its street edge, GhettoPhysics pretty much delivers the usual New Age seminar sleight-of-hand, providing a temporary, generalized sense of empowerment without any practical tools to improve one's lot.
- 30L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyIt's basically the stuff of a Bill Maher monologue, knocked down a few reading levels and spun into a low-budg gonzo smorgasbord of brashly tacky styles.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasGhettoPhysics undercuts its approach with too much cant, too much rambling and too much that is self-evident.