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Dogma (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 119 Fresh: 80  Rotten:39 Average Rating: 6.2/10
 
Consensus: Provocative and audacious, Dogma entertains without overtly offending.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins

Synopsis: Imaginative theology and a bigger than usual budget make Kevin Smith's fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. The plot is set in motion by two banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck). After a few... Imaginative theology and a bigger than usual budget make Kevin Smith's fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. The plot is set in motion by two banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck). After a few millenia in Wisconsin, they've discovered a loophole in Catholic doctrine that would allow them back into heaven--but prove the fallibility of God and destroy the universe. Unaware of the peril, they make their way to New Jersey to receive a plenary indulgence. Meanwhile, God has dispatched a seraphim (Alan Rickman) to recruit lapsed-Catholic Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) to stop the angels. She finds help in muses, prophets (Jay and Silent Bob), and the forgotten 13th apostle, Rufus (Chris Rock). Before long, all hell breaks loose (literally), and God (Alanis Morrisette) has to put in an appearance of her own. The success of the film is in the juxtaposition of Smith's trademark acerbic attitude and witty dialogue against the enormous canvas of Christian iconography and apocalyptic conflict. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Linda Fiorentino, George Carlin, Salma Hayek

Director: Kevin Smith
Screenwriter: Kevin Smith
Producer: Scott Mosier
Composer: Howard Shore

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 5, 2009

[DVD Details]

UMD Features:

  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish

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3.5/5

A lighthearted, determinedly independent romp.

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03/19/08
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Too talky, too fond of in-jokes, too caught up (especially during the dismally weak climax) in its crass comic-strip ethos, and not, finally, as funny, subversive or thought-provoking as it would like to be.

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01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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As an ambitious and overreaching break with Smith's provincial milieu Dogma is a failed experiment, but a noble failure.

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12/02/02
Kevin Maher
Sight and Sound
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2/5

If this is [Smith's] one 'message' movie, let's hope he has got it off his chest.

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04/24/01
Ben Falk
BBC
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3/5

Smith's comic allegory is overlong and confused, but his move from indie to mainstream deserves at least some credit.

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01/01/00
Empire Magazine
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8/10

I recommend it anyway, for the way it kids around with the finer points of a religion while embracing its high ideas.

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01/01/00
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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A very vulgar pro-faith comedy rather than a sacrilegious goof, Dogma is an extraordinarily uneven film that significant cutting might be able to transform into a playable one.

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03/19/08
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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3/4

Make no mistake, Kevin Smith's talky, farcical comedy of cosmic errors is clever. But it's clever in a deeply juvenile way.

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03/19/08
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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I couldn't care less whether Smith's metaphysical conceits about the war between Good and Evil are those of a devout believer or an atheist. The bottom line is that they're puerile.

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03/19/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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3.5/4

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08/18/07
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy
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4/5

What you hear throughout Dogma, liberally peppered with the usual prankish profanities, is Kevin Smith having a conversation with himself about his faith.

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07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
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Writer-Director Kevin Smith keeps getting better.

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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Dogma is more strained than funny.

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04/27/07
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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It's push-the-envelope coarse, thematically ambitious, and -- most dangerously -- self-consciously respectful and thoughtful on matters of faith and religion.

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04/06/06
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com
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It is thoughtful and funny but less than satisfying. Smith took on a bit too much, but I laud the effort.

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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews
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a surprisingly tender and humane movie that seems touchingly confident of God's sense of humor and infinite patience

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01/17/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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An irreverant comedy about finding God that has no qualms about making fun of itself and its subjects.

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09/04/04
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy
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5/5

The film takes aim at so many contemporary targets and with such gusto that you fear each time you laugh you might be missing another wonderful line.

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06/08/04
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies
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4/5

Jumping on the pre-millennium, end-of-the-world hype, Smith has chosen an opportune time to take a satirical and witty look at the shortcomings of organized religion.

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06/08/04
Drew McAnulty
Jam! Movies
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Irreverent, but it is hardly sacrilegious.

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06/08/04
Louis B. Hobson
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