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07/16/08
For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 44 Fresh: 43 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.5/10
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A timely and poignant documentary.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Synopsis: Can the love between two people ever be an abomination? Is the chasm separating gays and lesbians and Christianity too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate? Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Seattle International Film Festival, Dan Karslake's provocative,... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Desmond Tutu, Steve Greenberg, Dick Gephardt
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04/03/08
Excessivamente convencional em sua estrutura e contendo sua parcela de graves tropeços (a seqüência em animação), este filme ainda assim merece aplausos pela eloqüência de seus entrevistados, pelo teor de sua mensagem e pela paixão com que a defende.
03/19/08
Daniel Karslake’s doc on the extent to which Christian families have embraced their gay children does an admirably thorough job of assembling smart talking heads and personal archives.
01/24/08
One message rings clear throughout the occasionally muddled but always emotionally sweeping film: A true abomination is twisting the words of Scripture to match bigotry.
01/17/08
A thoughtful look at the complicated relationship between Christianity and homosexuality.
01/11/08
Progressive clergy provide enough historical context to neutralize the handful of Bible verses prohibiting homosexual acts, but Karslake never confronts the broader issues of sexuality and procreation that bedevil even moderate Christians.
01/11/08
The film offers proof that religion and homosexuality need not be mutually exclusive: Good Christians can love and accept their gay brothers and sisters, and gay people can still be religious.
12/12/07
The movie's serious, wide-ranging look at a divisive subject is not guaranteed to settle disputes, only to prompt discussion.
11/29/07
This is a compelling, thought-provoking portrait of a quiet challenge rising within America's churches.
11/29/07
An informative, heartbreaking documentary about intolerance and manipulation, sadly and assuredly never to be seen by the people who need this info the most.
11/01/07
Daniel Karslake's remarkable documentary boldly takes on a loaded topic -- Christianity and homosexuality -- and examines it both intellectually and emotionally; the result may well leave you blinking away a few tears.
10/26/07
A brisk, entertaining and even moving exploration of the sometimes frayed intersection where Christianity meets homosexuality.
10/25/07
Could hardly be called even-handed, and it's certainly repetitive, but despite its failings it's still worth seeing--as so often, especially by those who probably won't.
10/20/07
You'll have plenty of ammunition next time you want to tell some Bible-thumper where they can stick their Leviticus.
10/20/07
Wallner's journey to acceptance, not the movie's slight forays into theology, will be what you remember about For the Bible Tells Me So. It's a powerful, positive film.
10/19/07
Its main surprise is the compassion shown toward everyone, on all sides of the debate. It does not vilify those who vilify gays.
10/19/07
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