The film gets a little heavy handed, but it's an important message.
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11/15/07
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:32
Rotten:21
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: WWJB is an eye opening doc about consumerism that manages to be both funny and informative.
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: From producer Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) and director Rob VanAlkemade, “What Would Jesus Buy?” examines the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the... [More]
Director: Rob VanAlkemade
Reviews for What Would Jesus Buy?
What Would Jesus Buy? is one of those all-too-common issue-docs that's so clear about its point that it's practically pointless.
11/15/07
Rob Van Alkemade's hilarious, eye-opening documentary What Would Jesus Buy provides a simple and surprisingly powerful directive to the American people: Stop Shopping.
11/16/07
If you're going to live by the word of the Church of Stop Shopping, a smart first step would be to avoid buying tickets to this film.
12/06/07
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10/18/08
This isn't just an easy shot at consumerism, it becomes, instead, an incisive look at the cognitive disconnect of the public at large, that hates the stress, emotional and financial, of the holidays, but nonetheless whole-heartedly joins in the mayhem
11/13/07
While the movie may be a good vehicle for Rev. Billy's points, it's too tied to his point of view.
12/21/07
What Would Jesus Buy? is must-see viewing for anyone who thinks of Christmas as just a mall and its night visitors.
12/06/07
Possibly the feeblest entry yet in the anti-corporate theatre-of-muckraking genre.
12/01/07
Talen runs the risk of losing his purpose amid his performance.
02/28/08
The passion that is evident in the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir is contagious and admirable. Many Christian churches could learn a few things from this secular outfit.
11/19/07
WWJB? encourages viewers to think outside the big box of super stores such as Wal-Mart.
12/06/07
I really like the message the movie has to say... I just wish the whole package were good enough to recommend as a gift to give yourself instead of another hour and a half at the mall.
12/07/07
My take is that it should be renamed the Church of Stop Yelling at Me Because You've Made Your Point.
11/30/07
Fake collar or not, he makes a pretty good preacher.
11/29/07
So we need a better movie about this subject. As usual.
06/14/08
An amiable but also angry documentary.
12/13/07
And as far as sermons go, it’s a good one. You just wish the director had found someone else to deliver it.
12/14/07
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