Review of Dogma (1999) by Johnny T — 27 Jun 2011
It's not every day you get to see a movie that begins in satire and ends in reverence, but then, for Kevin Smith, they may ultimately be the same thing. One of those special movies whose freshness and vitality are so bounteously infectious, your humble reviewer wishes everyone had the pleasure of discovering it brand-new and undescribed. If the film is less than perfect, it is because Smith is too much in love with his dialogue. Kevin Smith's comic-religious fantasy turns out to be the sweetest hot-potato movie imaginable. Dogma' is Kevin Smith's fourth film and it looks like his first but I'm not ready to quit him -- there's a landmark in him. I just wish the crafty, raucous Dogma was it. Smith is a gifted comic writer who loves paradox, rhetoric and unexpected zingers from the blind side. The first commandment of Dogma: Thou shalt not stop laughing.
VERDICT: "Matinée" - (Mixed reaction). These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says to pay matinée prices to see at a theatre, buy an ex-rental or a cheap price of the DVD to own.
This review of Dogma (1999) was written by Johnny T on 27 Jun 2011.
Dogma has generally received positive reviews.
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