Carl Zimmer of
National Geographic referred to the film as one of his favorites from 2012, writing I like
The Centrifuge Brain Project so much because it toys with science in such a deadpan way–so deadpan that some commenters at Vimeo asked if the crazy amusement park rides were real or not. And yet, in the end, it's not a simplistic joke, but a short meditation on how we humans try to fight gravity–and nature in general–both in the lab and at amusement parks. Writing in
Huffington Post,
Katherine Brooks called the film a hilarious mockumentary, adding "the visual renderings are mind-blowing enough."
DVICE offered that humans are thrill-seekers by nature, and explains that as the reason why some would "leap from a 1,149-foot-tall tower or wait in line to ride the world's steepest roller coaster." Casey Chan of
Gizmodo praised the film, writing "I don't like riding roller coasters because I'm a big weenie when it comes to mechanical excitement. But I have no problem believing that I would ride these ridiculously thrilling (and totally fake) roller coasters from the Centrifuge Brain Project," and also praised "the fake doc who would go to these lengths to manipulate the brain and push excess G-Force on people."
Colossal writes that
The Centrifuge Brain Project is "a brilliantly fun mockumentary".
The Creators Project noted that people who like fast amusement park rides might scream to go faster even while being twisted upside down, but if they had the opportunity to ride the rides created for this film, their need for speed and terror would be well sated. They concluded "The film works because this detached documentary feel is intercut with mindboggling, fantastical rides brought to life with great skill—and reminiscent of Fernando Livschitz's films which put rides in the centre of cities like
New York and
Buenos Aires". Founding editor Joey Paur of
Geek Tyrant wrote of
The Centrifuge Brain Projects screening at
San Diego Comic-Con in 2012, calling it an "amazing short film", and expanding "out of all the films they ended up showing this was my favorite, and I can guarantee it's going to entertain the hell out of you!"
First Showing wrote of the 14th Annual
Animation Show of Shows at Comic-Con 2013 and labeled the film "incredible" and "worth watching", expanding that of the films screened, "one that really tickled our fancy was a live-action faux documentary called
The Centrifuge Brain Project. The film follows the studies of pseudo-mad scientist Dr. Nick Laslowicz and his wild amusement park prototypes, brought to life by some impressive visual effects work."
TV QC wrote that the film is "a fun and especially brilliant documentary".
GBTimes writes that with having seen his own "film hundreds of times in different movie theaters, sometimes with ten people, other times with 500 people in the audience," ==Partial list of awards and nominations==