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The magical world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth.

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As visually dazzling as it is thought-provoking, Fantastic Fungi sets out to make audiences see mushrooms differently -- and brilliantly succeeds.

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Fantastic Fungi | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Brad Newsome Sydney Morning Herald The biology is fascinating, but Schwartzberg's experts and enthusiasts are positively evangelical when it comes to the potential of fungi in medicine, pest-control, oil spill clean-ups and, of course, psychedelic experiences. It's all quite a trip. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 2, 2021 Full Review Fantastic Fungi | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Andrew Pulver Guardian The liberal use of speeded-up footage of growth and decay is unfailingly spectacular, while Stamets and fellow interviewees have a gift for a memorable turn of phrase. Rated: 3/5 Nov 6, 2020 Full Review Fantastic Fungi | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Bilge Ebiri Spirituality & Health Louie Schwartzberg's documentary is a dreamy, informative, and hopeful dive into the world of mushrooms and fungi Mar 20, 2020 Full Review Fantastic Fungi | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) It may be a fairly simple specimen as far as documentaries go, but this tribute to mushrooms and mould soon grew on me. Rated: 3/5 Nov 9, 2020 Full Review Fantastic Fungi | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia fascinating, educational and entertaining. Nov 4, 2020 Full Review Fantastic Fungi | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media One of the most positive and hopeful documentaries in years, this lean, beautiful, entertaining mushroom movie suggests that the answers to many of our problems could grow naturally and abundantly. Rated: 5/5 Mar 27, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Facebook U Unbelievably smart and exciting. Wow. Go see it now. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/27/20 Full Review Jan O I learned so many things I never knew about mushrooms. Interesting. I did however feel the presenters were offering the audience a chance to go ahead and do drugs..be psychedelic...which I don't approve of. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/20 Full Review Abigail Very eye-opening, definitely raised my curiosity Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/20 Full Review Diane C Fascinating information with amazing visuals. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/21/20 Full Review Thomas S Beautiful photography Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/17/20 Full Review L H Spectacular! Visuals are amazing. The ideas presented are mind blowing! Everyone needs to see this movie! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/20 Full Review Read all reviews

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Louie Schwartzberg Director Brie Larson Narrator Tony D. Head Self Mark Monroe Writer Lyn Davis Lear Producer Louie Schwartzberg Producer
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Synopsis The magical world of fungi and their power to heal, sustain and contribute to the regeneration of life on Earth.

Director
Louie Schwartzberg

Producer
Lyn Davis Lear, Louie Schwartzberg, Elease Lui Stemp

Screenwriter
Mark Monroe

Distributor
Self Distributed

Production Co
Moving Art Studio, Reconsider

Genre
Documentary

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 11, 2019, Limited

Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 7, 2020

Box Office (Gross USA)
$933.4K

Runtime
1h 21m

Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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