This unabashedly liberal documentary tries to redress the balance by giving the rest of America a wake up call: not all scary fundamentalists come strapped with explosives.
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11/23/07
Jesus Camp (2006)
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Reviews Counted:96
Fresh:83
Rotten:13
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Evangelical indoctrination is given an unflinching, even-handed look in this utterly worthwhile documentary.
Theatrical Release:23-11-2007
Synopsis: A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe there is a revival underway in America whereby Christian youth must take up the leadership of the conservative Christian movement. JESUS CAMP,... [More]
Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Reviews for Jesus Camp
Top CriticFlawed editing and intrusive and irritating commentary hardly detract from the shock value of this disturbing documentary. Compulsory viewing for anyone in the least bit concerned about religious extremism.
11/23/07
Top CriticFunny, sad and horrifying. Anti-fundamentalist rather than anti-Christian, this deserves to preach to more than just the converted.
11/03/07
Top CriticSome lively material - but nothing new.
11/23/07
Top CriticFilmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady don't bother with a polemical voiceover a la Michael Moore but skilfully stitch together the comments of the evangelicals themselves. It doesn't make for a pretty picture.
11/23/07
Why bother with horror films when you can see this?
11/23/07
A brave, thoughtful documentary.
11/22/07
Top CriticThis gripping shock-doc looks inside the Kids on Fire evangelical summer camp in North Dakota, where training starts young for a “new army of God” to “take back America for Christ”.
11/23/07
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11/24/07
Lord knows the film wouldn't have been as entertaining if they'd played it straight.
10/12/06
...a very scary movie; one that makes it impossible to ignore the cultural schism in America, the very real war between those who know they have the answers, and those who entertain some doubt.
10/20/06
You don't have to be extreme or liberal to be shaken by Jesus Camp.
10/05/06
Jesus Camp doesn’t trivialize or exploit its child subjects nor their spirituality; for the most part, the film maintains a patient, unobtrusive outlook from the D.A. Pennebaker school.
10/08/06
[Ewing and Grady] take the techniques of the Jesus campers too close to heart: Admit no doubt and keep preaching until they've got the point.
09/22/06
It might be too much to ask for a little more diversity in the movie's subjects. Aren't there any boring, conventionally innocent kids marching in God's army?
10/06/06
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04/23/09
Ewing and Grady cover the proceedings thoroughly, although, considering the intense and fertile subject matter, it would have been hard to screw it up... the filmmakers rightly limit their scope to the camp and its participants.
09/01/06
We always think of the separation of church and state as being there to protect the state, but the film makes a powerful case that it's there to prevent politics from cheapening and commodifying faith, as well.
12/01/06
Perhaps Jesus Camp will awaken some slumbering minds to two truths on which both sides of this religious debate might agree.
10/05/06
Camp, pardon the pun, is preaching to the converted, and it isn't strong enough to sway anyone sitting on the fence.
10/06/06
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