Review of Dogma (1999) by Boris V — 31 Mar 2010

Dogma is a comedy on religion: it has some sharp edges for religious people but just keeps it funny enough to not be taken too seriously.

Dogma has - and I'm starting to repeat myself, I've said this about a lot of movies - great, great characters. Not realistic, perhaps, but that doesn't matter since it's cleary a comedy and no drama or whatsoever. The dialogues are extremely funny and it might lack a bit on visual jokes, but it depends on what you prefer. Since I like dialogue-based comedies this one was definitely one for me.

So, yeah, it was funny. Isn't that good enough for a comedy? In theory: yes. But this movie had a too serious story for me. There happened so much that every fifteen minutes a lot had to be explained. This slowed down the high pace it started with and that's a shame. I thought the story was too serious and that is really wasn't necessary to have such a story. It was like a Dan Brown story but then with jokes. If they had concentrated more on the joking and a bit less on the story it would've been even funnier and more amusing.

Another downside was the lack of original filming style. This movie had a certain flow, but it had the standard Hollywood-editing nearly every movie has these days. If they only changed a few shots and gave the movie a more original vibe I could've enjoyed it more. But this is really personal.

Conclusion: Dogma is really funny but tends to get too serious for a comedy.