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“Louie Schwartzberg’s lightly informative, delightfully kooky documentary, “Fantastic Fungi,” offers nothing less than a model for planetary survival.”
~ Jeannette Catsoulis,
The New York Times
“Gorgeous photography! Time-lapse sequences of mushrooms blossoming forth could pass for studies of exotic flowers growing on another planet.”
~ Joe Morgenstern,
The Wall Street Journal
“Schwartzberg’s film quickly proves to be one of the year’s most mind-blowing, soul-cleansing and yes, immensely entertaining triumphs.”
~ Matt Fagerholm,
RogerEbert.com
“a must see for anyone interested in life, death and the pursuit of the planet’s well-being.”
~ David Carpenter,
Forbes
“As researchers describe the workings of vast underground networks of mycelium, the filmmakers offer CG that is just as polished as the time-lapse, and more colorful. It’s spookily beautiful, even, especially when envisioning what lies unseen beneath old-growth forests.”
~ John Defore,
The Hollywood Reporter
“Mushrooms are the new superheroes, as Brie Larson dreamily narrates over what is not a new Marvel epic but rather a documentary of epic proportions”
~ Robert Abele,
The Los Angeles Times
“fascinating, informative, educational and totally entertaining”
~ Rex Reed,
The Observer
“Captain Marvel ain’t got nothing on fungi”
~ Christopher Llewellyn Reed,
Hammer to Nail
“Fantastic Fungi is a film that is rife with hope and joy.”
~ Michael Frank,
Cinema Sentries
“If you’ve never thought much about fungi before, prepare to be amazed. You’ll be awed by Schwartzberg’s remarkable time-lapse images. His passion for fungi is written into every fibre of the film and it’s infectious.”
~ Jennie Kermode,
Eye For Film
“Fantastic Fungi makes the case that the answers to disease, anxiety, depression and global warming might be found underfoot. And they’re tasty to boot.”
~ Michael Casey,
Boulder Weekly
“He makes mushrooms look totally sexy as they explode into “sporegasms,” releasing their reproductive bits into the environment.”
~ Sarah A. Spitz,
Santa Monica Daily Press
“… Mind-Blowing Science…”
~ Erik Henriksen,
Portland Mercury
“Awe-Inspiring”
~ Kathie Shapiro,
Aspen Times Weekly
