DOGMA
Product Description
One of the many talked-about movies of the year is additionally one of the funniest! In this waggish comic anticipation from writer/director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) dual outcast angels (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) find a loophole which would get them behind in to Heaven. The usually snag? They’ll be destroying hold up in the process. In an bid to stop them, The busy Voice of God (Alan Rickman)taps asocial mortal Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) to save the universe by preventing the angels from reaching their unholy destination: New Jersey! Throw in dual doubtful prophets declared Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith), the crafty nonetheless little-known thirteenth zealous advocate (Chris Rock) and a sexy, former troubadour with a box of writer’s retard (Selma Hayek) and you’ve got an excitable and stirring competition opposite time packaged with an all-star cast.Amazon.com
Kevin Smith is a maze of a filmmaker: he’s a bard with brilliant, crafty ideas who can’t set up a elementary shot to save his life. It was excellent behind when Smith was creation low-budget drive-in theatre similar to Clerks and Chasing Amy, both of which had an amiable, grungy feel to them, but right away which he’s a taking flight executive who’s attracting tip bent and rebellious bigger themes, it competence behoove him to gloss his filmmaking. That’s the main complaint with Dogma–it’s an ambitious, funny, aggressively smart movie about modern-day religion, but whilst Smith’s essay has grown significantly (anyone who thinks he’s not topnotch should take a demeanour at Chasing Amy), his citation hasn’t. It’s as well bad, since Dogma is developed for near-classic standing in the theological satire, which is frequency as irreverent as the protests which greeted the movie would lead you to believe.
Two outcast angels (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) have detected a loophole which would concede them behind in to heaven; complaint is, they’d fall short civilized world in the routine by proof God fallible. It’s up to Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), a over Catholic who functions in an termination clinic, to save the day, with a little assistance from dual supposed prophets (Smith and Jason Mewes, as their long-lived characters Jay and Silent Bob), the once different 13th zealous advocate (Chris Rock), and a sexy, celestial troubadour (the high Salma Hayek, who roughly single-handedly steals the film). In a little ways Dogma is a fluffy dog of a highway movie–which hits a comic rise when Affleck and Fiorentino chaff drunkenly on a sight to New Jersey, not realizing they’re mortal enemies–and segues in to a comedy-action crack as the malicious angels (who have a ambience for blood) try to have their approach in to heaven. Smith’s expel is exceptional–with Fiorentino lending a caustic sobriety to the proceedings, and Jason Lee smirking evilly as the horned demon Azrael–and the movie shuffles good-naturedly to the consummate (featuring Alanis Morissette as a beatifically wordless God), but it only looks so unrelentingly… subpar. Credit Smith with being a adventurous bard but a less-than-stellar director. –Mark Englehart
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Wow, another film attacking religious views, written by someone whose narrow-minded viewpoints on the subject probably derived from tabloids and Oprah. The film has well-written/acted funny moments, but then again, so do Amos and Andy videos and the vintage black-face minstrel shows. They all share one thing in common — they insult a “group” which is (at the moment) hated by the Hollywood elite.Don’t get me wrong, if the movie had any genuine substance to it, I’d probably get concerned. But, as it is, “Dogma” ultimately ends up a disappointment even as a comedy. In a couple of years it will be forgotten.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this due to the cast. I thought, Gee- with a cast like this, how bad can it be. Answer- awfully bad…terrible, in fact. I’ve heard so many people rave about this flick, I thought I had to check it out…I was wrong. Word to the wise, save your hard earned cash- buy something funny. Linda Fiorentino- whom I adore, was awful. The problem isn’t her acting, it’s just that the dialogue is so poorly written that it seems to be a struggle for her to pull it off with any creditability or conviction. It’s just too over the top. The rest of the cast played their parts as ok as could be expected, especially considering the terrible lines. I just couldn’t force myself to find this film funny- no matter how hip indie film lovers found it.In sum, ridiculous story, strained dialogue and performances, and the humor was somewhat predictable- like Beavis and Butthead hijinks. Save your money.
Rating: 1 / 5
I looked forward to seeing this movie and cannot begin to tell you how absolutely b-o-r-i-n-g it turned out to be!! The concept has a hole that you could drive a Mac truck thru, and the execution is embarrassing to all concerned. By the time I was half-way through the movie, I really didn’t care one way or the other. Even the jokes were on a tenth-grade mind level. Oh well, it gets one star (instead of none) because they were smart enough to keep Morisette from opening her mouth!
Rating: 1 / 5
This movie is vulgar and obscene. The humor is sexually explicit and very anti-Catholic. It blasphemes Judaism, Christianity and many other religions. This movie is about as low as a major motion picture can get.
Rating: 1 / 5
This film assumes to be satricial and comedic. However, the inaccuracies in the relating of history and theological doctrine overwhelm any statement or humor this movie attempts to portray.
Rating: 1 / 5