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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • PBS Distribution
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • PBS Distribution
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Bill Nye is a man on a mission: to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. The former star of the popular kids show "Bill Nye The Science Guy" is now the CEO of The Planetary Society, an organization founded by Bill's mentor Carl Sagan, where he's launching a solar propelled spacecraft into the cosmos and advocating...

Directed By: David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • PBS Distribution
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • PBS Distribution
  • 1 h 41 m

Bill Nye: Science Guy

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary Bill Nye is a man on a mission: to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. The former star of the popular kids show "Bill Nye The Science Guy" is now the CEO of The Planetary Society, an organization founded by Bill's mentor Carl Sagan, where he's launching a solar propelled spacecraft into the cosmos and advocating...

Directed By: David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
73
92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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92% Positive
11 Reviews
8% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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80
Nov 9, 2017
As brainy, vital and captivating as its eponymous star, the documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy should warm the hearts and minds of science lovers, weather enthusiasts, environmental watchdogs and astronomy buffs, all while inspiring viewers to ask questions and seek answers.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 21, 2017
Bill Nye: Science Guy is an efficiently thought-provoking study of what it means to be a rational and analytical advocate for science in an age when deniers of evolution and climate-change often seem to have higher profiles, deeper pockets and louder voices. But it’s even more interesting as the story of a beloved celebrity who wants to reinvent himself, to be taken more seriously.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 29, 2017
Channeling Nye’s own gift for making complex ideas simple and clear, the filmmakers edit together these various aspects of Nye’s life with deceptive ease, drawing on interviews and archival material and following him throughout his hectic schedule. This is not hagiography, however; they don’t back off from examining some of his more controversial endeavors and characteristics. That includes his fondness for the spotlight and his ambition, which in a couple of instances has backfired on him.
By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 15, 2017
Nye’s focus on work has had a deleterious effect on his social life. Some of Nye’s issues are no doubt the result of lifelong fears that he may be struck by a neurological condition called Ataxia that runs in his family, but which so far has not affected him.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 26, 2017
Bill Nye: Science Guy mixes science and inquiry with an intimate look at the personal trials and tribulations of Nye as he struggles with guilt, seeing his brother and sister suffer from a neurological condition that he’s escaped.
By John Fink FULL REVIEW
63
Dec 14, 2017
As the movie explores Nye’s family history, we do see just how intertwined the threads of thinking and emotion can be.
By Gary Thompson FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 21, 2017
Directors David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg don’t dig deeply enough into their complex subject, while spending too much time on the same distractions that are compromising Nye’s focus.
By Tim Grierson FULL REVIEW

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6.6
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14% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Production Company Complex Corporation, Exhibit A, Structure Films
Release Date Oct 27, 2017
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline One Man's Mission to Make Science Matter
Website https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/structurefilms/the-bill-nye-film
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