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Chasing Einstein (2019)
Yes, it is a vanity project. But maybe it is still ok.
Wj2007, yes, it is a vanity project of the guy you mention. He hates science, thinks he knows more than scientists, all because he looked up at the sky during a time of grief and loss and thought he understood something no one else has. Better this than his actually starting a cult religion, no?
The original book he got someone to write for him rested on how scientists and science fail and lie and and should be dismissed, citing the fact that CERN had as yet been unsuccessful in finding the "god particle" as evidence of the general fraud of Science. Then the good folks at CERN did find whatever they were looking for. Particle Fever is a fun movie.
So this film seems a little different of a tack since that premise was taken away, but still in the vein of "science doesn't know what it's talking about, and everyone should listen to me." And since he has money and other wealthy neighbors who know how to make movies, you get this.
People seem to be enjoying it, for what that's worth. The film makers are showing scientists up close, in all their frailty and uncertainty, which normal, empathetic people understand and appreciate rather than condemn them for. So, Irony!