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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... 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]

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

Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Linda Fiorentino, George Carlin, Salma Hayek, Chris Rock, Alan Rickman, Jason Lee, Bud Cort, Alanis Morissette, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Janeane Garofalo, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Guinevere Turner

Director: Kevin Smith

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

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A lighthearted, determinedly independent romp.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
03/19/08
Channel 4 Film
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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.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
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.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
12/02/02
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher
Sight and Sound

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

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/24/01
Ben Falk
Ben Falk
BBC
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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
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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
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
10/18/08
Film Threat
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The true target of the film is not religion but religious dogma ...

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
07/07/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique

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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 2 Comments
03/19/08
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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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
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
03/19/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

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08/18/07
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
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What you hear throughout Dogma, liberally peppered with the usual prankish profanities, is Kevin Smith having a conversation with himself about his faith.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/30/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Writer-Director Kevin Smith keeps getting better.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Dogma is more strained than funny.

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04/27/07
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer

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
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

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
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

a surprisingly tender and humane movie that seems touchingly confident of God's sense of humor and infinite patience

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
01/17/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
06/08/04
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
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