Review of Dogma (1999) by Riren — 04 Mar 2007
A movie about religion that will tick off staunch atheists and zealots? Well hey! It's a mix of blasphemy and profanity that are always measured to be just implausible or irreverent enough to be disarmingly funny.
There is substance wedged down inside it: defense of individual faith, the lineage of Christ, the hypocrisy of the confident. Silent Bob is a cute reoccuring character in Smith's movies, but why does the director insert himself into his movie about religion, and play a mute? Yet where other religious movies watch like a thesis, this is more like a conversation with a smart and funny friend.
And really, there's nothing so useful in spirituality as that.
This review of Dogma (1999) was written by Riren on 04 Mar 2007.
Dogma has generally received positive reviews.
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