Review of Dogma (1999) by Evgeniy Gal F — 14 Jul 2015

One of the best satire movies I have ever seen, extremely funny and sufficiently clever. It takes a hard swing at organized religion, with very good timing, shortly before the end of the millennium, and right in the middle of the associated craze.

Kevin's Smith greatest moment perhaps, with a ground breaking comedy mocking both religion and the general state American society was in during the late 1990's.

An amazing cast, with some world class stars, closely associated with Kevin Smith's work the acting quality here is definitely high. The bad guy is as bad as it gets, and the good guys are just naive enough to make it a stereotypical Hollywood movie, only far better than most.

The movie may have the making of a light satire, but the acting level is as high as can be. Seeing George Carlin as a religious figure is as ridiculous as it gets and he is given the adequate acting freedom to portray his view on the church.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon really "came to work" in this production and it shows too. Along with Linda Fiorentino they make up a quality trio of stars making the movie into what it is.

The prophets have to be credited as well, portraying the most ridiculous characters in brilliant fashion.

Special effects seem kind of cheap here but if you care to try and get into Smith's head you could say they add to the point of how ridiculous organized religion is.

At times it might feel as if it was written by Carlin rather than Smith, but it is not a bad thing. The story is very well told, with a logical and very interesting plot.

The ending carries a very good twist. It may be somewhat of a typical happy ending, but it fits the plot perfectly. In the era when happy endings were far too common, it was fun to see one that at least has a clever twist to it.

This is a movie you can definitely watch more than once.

Excellent and very enjoyable his movie is worthy of nothing short of an A+.