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Like A Senior Thesis
Some of these reviewers have panned this movie as a misuse of great acting talent. Fans of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, particularly, assert that their boys were underserved by this film.

If you've never seen this movie before, here's a suggestion. Look at it as sort of a senior thesis in filmmaking. It's chock-full of original, quirky ideas, many of which are calculated to get people mad. This is the concept meant by the word "sophomoric."

Two angels that have lost favor find a technical loophole with dogma which will allow them back into heaven. So, it's a "quest" movie where the questors are fallen angels, and their quest lacks legitimacy. As written, the angels have become imps in the classical sense: they have a mean-spirited, mischievous sense of humor.

People object to many things here, but perhaps one of the things that most sticks in the throat is that Jay and Silent Bob, two characters that define the terms "slacker" and "low-life," end up becoming the instrumentalities that God uses to restore balance to the universe. But that notion has plenty of precedent in the New Testament anyway. Read it some time...

Anyway, taken as a senior thesis, this is actually a satisfying movie. As a catalyst for talking about the traditions of the Catholic Church, even, it serves a halfway decent purpose.

And, if you're looking for a more suitable vehicle for Ben Affleck, try "Pearl Harbor."

Pass this one by.
"Dogma," a film by Kevin Smith, is, in my opinion, a trite and confused bit of religious non-sense. In one scene the characters appear to throw religion out the window in the interest of good-natured, irreverant fun, until all of it comes to a screeching halt, and the viewers find themselves suffering through sudden moments of sobriety in which either Matt Damon or his bland side-kick, Ben deliver their own silly attempts at homiletics.

Don't waste your money. Pass this one by.

Steer clear of this clunker
Both my husband and I came very near to walking out of this film in the theater. Matt and Ben were funny together in the past so we thought this was going to be a real treat. Well, the acting, production values, script, dialogue, intellectual depth - just everything about this thing was severely subpar. I can't believe they're trying to resurrect this piece of crap for new, unsuspecting audiences. Yes, I can believe it. Incredible.

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