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Reviews Counted:95
Fresh:61
Rotten:34
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Silverman's brand of humor is dirty, offensive, and, judging from this film, very, very funny.
Theatrical Release:01-08-2008
Synopsis: Sarah Silverman is a comedienne who doesn't just court controversy, she positively wallows in it. Memorably putting in a brief yet discomforting and highly memorable appearance in THE ARISTOCRATS,... [More]
It's uneven and the relationship between your sense of taste and your sense of humour will determine whether you enjoy it, but at its best, Jesus Is Magic doesn't look out of place alongside the best stand-up concert movies.
Top CriticHer high-wire stage performance is unmissable all the same, particularly when she's taking aim at such untouchable sacred cows as Martin Luther King. "They only mention the good stuff! He was a litterbug."
Top CriticBad-taste material, delivered with an insouciance that looks easy until you see lesser comics trying it, is what she does best: killer gags about seven-year-old lesbians and Jews killing Jesus.
Top CriticSkip this one and check Sarah Silverman out on stage for real.
Silverman's full-on approach works because she unflinchingly examines these themes with a disarming sweetness.
Ultimately, it's difficult to resist…especially when she comes out with lines like: "I don't care if you think I'm racist - I just want you to think I'm thin."
Her comic persona is that of a clueless and politically incorrect hipster who says terrible things without being aware of their shock value. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
Not to everyone’s taste but her legions of internet fans won’t be disappointed. Anyone who can come up with a line like ‘I don’t care if you think I’m a racist, I just want you to think I’m thin,’ is okay in our books.
Top CriticHit’n’miss gags that target 9/11, rape, the Holocaust and Aids (“If God gives you Aids, I say, ‘Make Lemon-Aids’!”) prove that Silverman is a gifted performer but that sometimes busting taboos isn’t enough in itself.
Top CriticBy the end you'll feel like a bored parent trapped in the front row of the school play.
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After a while, the outrageousness becomes the norm and the punch lines, all revolving around sex and race, seem to repeat.
Silverman doesn't step on toes; she stomps on them with sharpened stiletto heels. She doesn't tip sacred cows, she runs them over with a Volkswagen.
I wouldn't take my mother, but this stand-up movie is pretty funny.
... her jokes ... are often obliteratingly funny in themselves, they are compounded and deepened by the disconnect between the blackness of their substance and the pretty mouth that utters them
There are a number of wonderfully wicked lines, but overall the movie feels slack and self-indulgent, more of a decent HBO special that's being asked to do more than it can.
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[A] polluted oasis for refugees from 'positive,' heartwarming, family-friendly entertainment.
Silverman's abrasive material is funny because her approach is friendly.
April 27, 2007:
Sarah Silverman to Host MTV Movie Awards
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