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Good-humored but not campy in its regard of some genuinely fascinating research, and full of trippy visuals, this science-fair bonanza would have been a midnight staple in the era of “The Hellstrom Chronicles.”
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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New York Post by Farran Smith Nehme
The film slows to a crawl when the topic turns to computer science. The deadpan humor carries it, though, as with the German composer who records the mold’s vibrations and says, “Slime mold is very happy. This is happy melody.”
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Los Angeles Times by Martin Tsai
The Creeping Garden cultivates more style than substance.
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The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold
Throughout, the filmmakers achieve the rare documentary feat of delving into a topic from multiple angles without slathering it in adulation.
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Whether unclassifiable and inconsequential oddity, or overlooked key to the meaning of life, or both, The Creeping Garden is the slime mold of documentaries.
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Village Voice by Serena Donadoni
Heady and rigorous, The Creeping Garden is an illuminating science documentary that tickles the imagination.
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It's something unique for both a genre exercise and a documentary: a science-fiction film that doesn't contain an ounce of fiction.