Review of Friends of God: A Road Trip with Alexandra Pelosi (2007) by Derek R — 24 Jul 2008

It's not a very well made film; Jesus Camp was much better. The questions she asks are seemingly random, the footage is spliced together randomly, but I suppose it captures that road trip essence of skipping from place to place and meeting lots of random people. It doesn't exactly have a message running through it. It seems to just be implying that conservative Christians are both crazy, yet misunderstood. The only real message is the political one near the end, where it shows how Christians are actively vying to get their viewpoints and relative morality into legislation. And scariest of all, that they have the power to do so. One word from a preacher, and they can crash the phones at the Senate.

Side note: One of my biggest fears in life is that this country will be overtaken by fundamentalist Christians and one by one our rights will disappear. My brother has always called me crazy, and my dad thought I was paranoid, but after watching this documentary, they now agree I have a right to fear.