A lighthearted, determinedly independent romp.
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03/19/08
Dogma (1999)
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Reviews Counted:122
Fresh:82
Rotten:40
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: Provocative and audacious, Dogma entertains without overtly offending.
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... [More]
Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Linda Fiorentino, George Carlin
Director: Kevin Smith
Reviews for Dogma
Top CriticToo 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.
01/26/06
Top CriticAs an ambitious and overreaching break with Smith's provincial milieu Dogma is a failed experiment, but a noble failure.
12/02/02
If this is [Smith's] one 'message' movie, let's hope he has got it off his chest.
04/24/01
Top CriticSmith's comic allegory is overlong and confused, but his move from indie to mainstream deserves at least some credit.
01/01/00
Top CriticI recommend it anyway, for the way it kids around with the finer points of a religion while embracing its high ideas.
01/01/00
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04/29/09
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10/18/08
Top CriticThe true target of the film is not religion but religious dogma ...
07/07/08
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.
03/19/08
Top CriticMake no mistake, Kevin Smith's talky, farcical comedy of cosmic errors is clever. But it's clever in a deeply juvenile way.
03/19/08
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.
03/19/08
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08/18/07
What you hear throughout Dogma, liberally peppered with the usual prankish profanities, is Kevin Smith having a conversation with himself about his faith.
07/30/07
Writer-Director Kevin Smith keeps getting better.
07/14/07
Dogma is more strained than funny.
04/27/07
It's push-the-envelope coarse, thematically ambitious, and -- most dangerously -- self-consciously respectful and thoughtful on matters of faith and religion.
04/06/06
It is thoughtful and funny but less than satisfying. Smith took on a bit too much, but I laud the effort.
04/09/05
a surprisingly tender and humane movie that seems touchingly confident of God's sense of humor and infinite patience
01/17/05
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.
06/08/04
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