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
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 CriticA lighthearted, determinedly independent romp.
03/19/08
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 CriticAs an ambitious and overreaching break with Smith's provincial milieu Dogma is a failed experiment, but a noble failure.
12/02/02
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.
01/26/06
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
An hilarious satire that challenges our preconceptions and encourages something other than a fundamentalist interpretation of the bible.
01/01/00
a surprisingly tender and humane movie that seems touchingly confident of God's sense of humor and infinite patience
01/17/05
Like the worst seasons of Saturday Night Live, most of the film's setups go nowhere or just fall flat.
01/01/00
One of the most intelligent, engaging, and gut-bustingly funny revelations to come along in a while.
03/21/01
Writer-Director Kevin Smith keeps getting better.
07/14/07
What happens next is just funny stuff, yet very intelligent at the same time.
01/01/00
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03/24/02
Top CriticThere are kernels of genius here, and if Smith could trim the fat from this film, he might come up with something worthy of his considerable talent.
06/05/02
A scathing, scurrilous, sometimes silly but often searching comedy about the nature of faith in the 21st century.
01/01/00
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
Smith has made a movie that reflects the spirit in which many Catholics regard their church. He has positioned his comedy on the balance line between theological rigidity and secular reality, which is where so many Catholics find themselves.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe result is a mish-mash of tones in which such absurdities as singer Alanis Morissette's appearance as God undercut any emotional responses you might have to the climaxes involving Bartleby and Bethany.
01/01/00
The satire contains as much foul language, bathroom humor, and sexual innuendo as other gross-out comedies aimed at primarily young audiences, along with occasional insights into the value of religion as a living force.
01/01/00
Offers a hefty share of jolly fun mixed with ultimately thoughtful and affectionate ideas about religion and spirituality.
10/15/02
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