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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.

Rated: PG

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

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,... 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, directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (The Boys of Baraka), follows Levi, Rachael, Tory and a number of other young children to Pastor Becky Fischer's Kids on Fire summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, where kids as young as 6 years-old are taught to become dedicated Christian soldiers in God's army. The film follows these children at camp as they hone their prophetic gifts and are schooled in how to take back America for Christ. The film is a first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future. -- © Loki Films [More]

Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady

Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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Directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady let the details speak for themselves.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
10/05/06
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

You don't have to be extreme or liberal to be shaken by Jesus Camp.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
10/05/06
Phil Kloer
Phil Kloer
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

As a documentary, Jesus Camp could lose its haunted-house score and contrapuntal Air America refrains and still deliver its message...

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment 1 Comment
10/04/06
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Entertainment Weekly

The film's strengths emerge in its willingness to listen (if not agree), and to give Pastor Fisher and her flock plenty of rope to hang themselves with.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
10/01/06
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
10/01/06
Jonathan W. Hickman
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders

It stares into the face of faith run amok, and for those willing to follow its gaze, it provides sad revelations.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/29/06
Neva Chonin
Neva Chonin
San Francisco Chronicle

The filmmakers are out to demonize, not humanize, which means their movie ends up preaching to the liberal choir instead of shedding any real light into the evangelical Christian movement.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
09/29/06
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

Filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady lump all evangelicals together, failing to distinguish the more fundamentalist Pentecostals, and they've clumsily inserted some unnecessary editorializing from talk-radio host Mike Papantonio.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 5 Comments
09/29/06
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

...can be draining for those, like myself, who get enough of these people already in our daily lives

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
09/29/06
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Jesus Camp doesn't just preach to the converted, it bores and frightens them

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Alternative | comment Comment
09/29/06
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Los Angeles Alternative

This startling documentary -- a voyage deep into the culture of American evangelical Christianity -- is a superior species of agitprop.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
09/29/06
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
MTV

You know what they say, folks: it's a free country. If Jesus Camp scares you, better start brainwashing some little heathens of your own.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
09/28/06
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

Every scene is loaded enough to infuriate some and to rouse others.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
09/28/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Ewing and Grady have created a terrific catalyst for religious and political discourse.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
09/28/06
Matt Stevens
Matt Stevens
E! Online

Whether you are a religious, churchgoing person or not, if you are the least bit liberal or tolerant in your world view, this has got to be one of the most unnerving films of the year.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/28/06
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Often funny (just listen to Becky fulminate against Harry Potter), but it's also a scary, sobering inside look at the attempts of an increasingly powerful group to erode the separation of church and state.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/28/06
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

What Ewing and Grady have accomplished here is remarkable -- capturing the visceral humanity, desire and unflagging political will of a religious movement.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
09/28/06
Jessica Reaves
Jessica Reaves
Chicago Tribune

The ominous tolling bell of documentaries.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
09/27/06
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

The compassionate god of love so evident in the Sermon on the Mount is nowhere to be found in the documentary JESUS CAMP

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
09/27/06
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Definitely eye opening, despite lacking a larger scope.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
09/26/06
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card
 
 
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