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Dogma
on DVD (1999)
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| Starring: |
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, Kevin Smith, Jeff Anderson, George Carlin, Bud Cort, Janeane Garofalo, Brian O'Halloran, Alanis Morissette, Guinevere Turner, Guineve, Janeane |
| Director: |
Kevin Smith |
| Studio: |
FILM 4 |
| Run time: |
123 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| User collections: |
My Growing Collection, must see films, Really Funny Comedies!, all time great's, Into the depths - interesting films away from the blockbusters, Just great films, Films I urge everyone to see at least once..., Steve Leonard's Top Ten, Toms Top Ten, films that got me through uni!! |
| Genres: |
Comedy |
| Languages: |
English |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English |
| Released: |
21/10/2002
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Brief synopsis of Dogma
Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few millennia in Wisconsin, discover a loophole in Catholic doctrine that would allow them back into heaven--but prove the fallibility of God and destroy the universe. As they make their way to New Jersey to receive a plenary indulgence, God dispatches a seraphim (Alan Rickman) to recruit lapsed-Catholic Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) to stop the angels. She finds help in muses, prophets (Jay and Silent Bob, played by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith respectively), and the forgotten 13th apostle, Rufus (Chris Rock). Before long, all hell breaks loose--literally--and God (Alanis Morrisette) has to put in an appearance of her own. Smith's controversial (and very funny) film is powered by his trademark dialogue, ripe with observations on pop culture, religion, and bodily functions.
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Critics Reviews
Radio Times
Writer/director Kevin Smith — who made the wonderful Clerks and Chasing Amy and the slightly less wonderful Mallrats — here tackles the subject of religion with a wickedly humorous touch that unsurprisingly offended some Catholic groups when the film was released in the US. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck star as two fallen angels who discover there is a loophole that will allow them back into heaven, obliterating the Earth in the process. Non-believer Linda Fiorentino is called upon to stop them, with the help of two guardians (recurring characters Jay and Silent Bob, played by Jason Mewes and Smith himself). While the film does not work on every level, Smith has once again delivered a unique script and there are some terrifically funny performances from a cast that includes Salma Hayek and Alanis Morissette. One of the most original films of recent years, Dogma is not to be missed.
Halliwell's Film Guide
A bizarre comedy that is on the side of the angels (the heavenly host, that is). In part an attack on the dumbing down of religious faith, it is also a hodge-podge of cinematic genres and styles, taking in road and chase movies, surreal and comic encount
USA Today
"...There is a keen intellect behind this devoutly defiant fable....Stuffed with cheery irreverence and inspired in equal parts by comic books, sports bar culture and the Bible..."
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