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?
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The film gets a little heavy handed, but it's an important message. Full Review |
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3/4 |
This funny, yet thought provoking film asks many questions that have plagued consumerism for decades. While much of the ground tracked over is old, it fits perfectly into the modern economic situation. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
So we need a better movie about this subject. As usual. Full Review |
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The shopaholic wages of sin are...the Shopocalypse! Full Review |
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Reverend Billy is a charismatic presence, even if his shtick is too silly and the documentary too unfocused to motivate any serious change in the nation’s holiday spending habits. Full Review |
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Seeing WWJB? in a theater is not necessary, although seeing him and the choir hijacking a mall in person would be better than Beowulf in IMAX. Full Review |
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5/10 |
Talen runs the risk of losing his purpose amid his performance. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
These bits of information could have been shocking in about 1940, 1980 and 1990. But by now, Americans who don't know couldn't care less. Full Review |
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The good reverend and his crew do their best to get busted at assorted corporate shrines (Disneyland, the Mall of America), but their media-driven antics serve only to underline Spurlock's add-water-and-stir approach to political documentary. Full Review |
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Having illuminated the many dimensions in that vast universe between the flat affect of creative depression and the modish affectation of emo posing, Corbijn manages Control with elegant, understated veneration. Full Review |
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While the movie may be a good vehicle for Rev. Billy's points, it's too tied to his point of view. Full Review |
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Genuine and meaningful provocateurs like Talen are vital, and his message is a glad one to anymore who abhors the WalMart-ification of America. Full Review |
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2/4 |
And as far as sermons go, it’s a good one. You just wish the director had found someone else to deliver it. Full Review |
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An amiable but also angry documentary. Full Review |
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Obvious or not, heeding Reverend Billy's anti-Shopacolypse gospel could make your holidays a little simpler, sweeter, and saner. Full Review |
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