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By Ian C (1,796) on 17 Dec 2015

This could have been an absolute stinker but due to the performances of Clement and Rockwell it is just about tolerable…

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By Craig F (523) on 17 Dec 2015

There's no denying the cast has talent but they deserve more than this flat script…

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By Mallory Andrews (58) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 17 Dec 2015

Don Verdean may only appeal to hardcore Hess fans-anyone else will likely never once crack even a smile…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 16 Dec 2015

A poor attempt to spoof evangelicals and their mindless, desperate followers…

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By Tmoo (1) on 15 Dec 2015

I'm not sure what critics' beef with Hess is. What's wrong with goofy? Goofy is great…

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By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer (260) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 14 Dec 2015

Don Verdean is the sort of comedy which presumes its own hilarity long before it gets around to telling any actual jokes, or staging anything…

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By Skeletor420 (6) on 14 Dec 2015

This film is getting slated up and down for no good reason. If you liked Napoleon Dynamite, you'll love it. The cast is pitch perfect…

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By Dafragsta (4) on 14 Dec 2015

Don't let the movie snobs ruin this. IMHO, Don Verdean is a solid Jared Hess movie…

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By Katie G (402) on 13 Dec 2015

I really liked this movie. I laughed a lot!! I want to see it again…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 11 Dec 2015

Parts of Don Verdean are executed with real imagination. The rest of it falls asleep…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Christianity Today (953) on 11 Dec 2015

Don Verdean is a pleasingly entertaining, sometimes hilarious, quietly satirical take on what makes us tick as a subculture…

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By Susan Wloszczyna (541) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 11 Dec 2015

I kept thinking one thing during most of Don Verdean: What would Christopher Guest do with his company of ace ad-libbers with such material…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 11 Dec 2015

The film employs and immediately squanders the talents of legitimate comedy all-stars Amy Ryan, Danny McBride, Jemaine Clement and Will Forte…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Dec 2015

While the corrupt Indiana Jones conceit certainly held promise, the Hesses fail to move it much further beyond that what if premise, taking…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 10 Dec 2015

Its intentions are, to some degree, corrective: It mocks some of the popular corruptions of faith so as to invite the audience to reflect upon…

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By Andrew Lapin (196) for NPR (1,713) on 10 Dec 2015

The humor is very hit-and-miss, both because it's wielding a rather blunt satirical weapon and because the sheer number of people Don fools…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 10 Dec 2015

The religious charlatans who are the primary characters in Don Verdean are ripe for comic deflation, but the film’s unsteady tone has no…

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By Kerry Lengel (223) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 10 Dec 2015

It’s an enjoyable ride, but probably not one you need to take twice…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 10 Dec 2015

Too busy making fun of its characters that it misses an actual satirical point, one about the strain some religious people go to claim their…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 10 Dec 2015

Both Rockwell and Clement are back for the latest Hess production, Don Verdean, which can’t even work up enough comic energy to be considered bad…

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