Herzog's reflections on meteorites are hallucinating. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Nov 2, 2022

Despite its slower moments, the film carries a weight and finds enough unique points of conversation to stand out and feel like an inspired effort.

Full Review | Feb 22, 2022

Werner Herzog takes us to meteorite school. Cool. We are all space dust, except for Herzog; he's Bavarian.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Feb 1, 2022

A lesson in intergalactic randomness from Germany's oddball film professor.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 23, 2021

That passion for science, for space and for knowing a little more about what's up there is this documentary's best portrait. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Mar 31, 2021

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds is an engaging documentary of discovery. It's also another journey into the brilliant mind of Werner Herzog.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 29, 2021

The breezy film with great visuals also has a serious tone about the survival of the world.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Nov 30, 2020

At 78 years old, Herzog repeats himself some, but he can still tell a captivating story, and find the poetic in his pursuits.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 29, 2020

The concepts and theories provoke, but the film, deep in science and lore, hops to the next thing just as the viewer begins to bite. Captivating anyway, primarily because of Herzog's, warm idiosyncratic persona.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 25, 2020

The diluted version of a Herzog film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2020

Herzog's typically affable narration makes some dense material more accessible and fascinating that it probably should be.

Full Review | Nov 18, 2020

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds is an absorbing look into how this cosmic phenomenon has inspired human civilisation itself.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2020

For those willing to spend ninety-plus minutes with Herzog as he riffs on the wonders of space, "Fireball" is a heartfelt tribute to scientific exploration.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Nov 18, 2020

The film marks one of Herzog's more wide-eyed expressions.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 17, 2020

A winning documentary that combines beautiful images with the sort of compelling narration with which Herzog has long been associated.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 16, 2020

Herzog not only conveys the immensity of a cosmos which may harbor objects that don't bode well for mankind, he also highlights fascinating human idiosyncrasies.

Full Review | Nov 16, 2020

I can't fault Herzog for finding a way to finance his curiosity...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2020

Fireball is unlikely to stand as a radical highlight in Herzog's future career. Consider it a victory lap...the documentary about the destructive beauty of meteors is equal parts perplexing and engaging.

Full Review | Nov 13, 2020

Another inimitable Herzog doc. You're either on his wavelength by now, or you're not and should be.

Full Review | Nov 13, 2020

Herzog delivers another of his amazing nature documentaries that go beyond mere facts and into the cosmic, existential meaning of it all; this one, about meteorites, is glorious.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2020