Part horror movie, part agitprop theater, What Would Jesus Buy? is a documentary on a mission.
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11/21/07
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?
Top CriticThe 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
You know that deflated feeling you get after you've spent a lot of time and money shopping -- and have little to show for your efforts? This disappointing biography, about performance artist Reverend Billy, does an awfully good job recreating it.
11/16/07
Not bad for a fake preacher.
11/16/07
At the very least, the documentary What Would Jesus Buy? might make a viewer think twice about that next purchase at the Gap.
11/16/07
Top CriticA comical cry in the silent night against, as George Burns’ old song put it, the trend towards using people and loving things – instead of using things and loving people.
11/16/07
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
Most viewers will be left to wonder whether the message is connecting.
11/16/07
Top CriticWhat 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
With a provocative title clearly designed to get viewers' attention, it's disappointing that [the movie] doesn't actually have much to say.
11/15/07
This Rob VanAlkemade film has a good title and no focus.
11/15/07
It is impossible not to be impressed by their sincerity and commitment.
11/15/07
Merry Capitalism!
11/14/07
The movie offers both intriguing portraiture and probing cultural analysis.
11/14/07
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
This production is slick, well-paced, and tremendously entertaining.
11/13/07
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