Dogma Reviews and Ratings


  • erikggrep
    September 22, 2009
    erikggrep
    "I feel like Han Solo, he's Chewie, she's Ben Kenobi, and we're all in that f***ed-up bar!"
    - Jay

    Faith is a funny thing. Two renegade angels find a loophole that would get them back into Heaven. They are destroying existence in the process. Bethany, a cynical mor...( read more)tal and abortion clinic worker, is called by the overworked Voice of God to save humanity by preventing the angels from reaching their unholy destination of New Jersey. Her quest to save the world is joined by two unlikely prophets Jay and Silent Bob, the quick-witted yet little-known 13th apostle, and a sexy, former muse with a case of writer's block.

    Dogma features great acting performances from the following cast:
    1.) Ben Affleck (Bartleby)
    2.) Matt Damon (Loki)
    3.) Alan Rickman (Voice of God)
    4.) Linda Fiorentino (Bethany)
    5.) Jason Mewes (Jay)
    6.) Kevin Smith (Silent Bob)
    7.) Chris Rock (Rufus)
    8.) Salma Hayek (Serendipity)

    Dogma doesn't seem sacrilegious to me as I find the humorous use of banished angels funny - not to mention there's an abortionist as its unlikely savior of the world. Pretty comedic, huh? It's nice for me to see the great acting performances of people like the former New Jersey Clerks Mr. Mewes and Smith; Rickman and his recognizable voice really fits God's character well and I can approve of his acting here. (Amen to that.) With these elements Dogma is an excellent heavenly comedy...so prepare thyself when you watch the fun of it.
  • harleysrulewithmaste
    September 21, 2009
    harleysrulewithmaste
    loved this one just cause it takes a stab at the cathlioc religon
  • MrOrange8590
    September 18, 2009
    MrOrange8590
    probably did for Kevin what the Arbys philly cheese does for Kevins arteries
  • SirPant
    September 18, 2009
    SirPant
    This is a good film, Kevin Smith annoys me at the best of times but this is one of his best. Having Alanis Morissette play god was a great idea.
  • ricardo5733
    September 16, 2009
    ricardo5733
    Just like Python's Life of Brian, this is a film religious nuts love to hate. Why? Not because it belittles religion (which it dosent) ut because its a religious comedy. Little do most know that the film actually encourages faith rather than mocks it. With a biting satire and wit...( read more)ty dialogue, this film gets through to me (and i assume most others) on a level we can understand, addressing the issues with faith yet reaffirming their benefits. A great film well worth seeing.
  • OCButterfly99
    September 8, 2009
    OCButterfly99
    Outstanding! ONE of my FAVORITE movies ever..KEVIN SMITH well..RULES
  • reneelimpert
    September 7, 2009
    reneelimpert
    a great movie with a funny story line and good actors
  • paulanthonynelson
    September 7, 2009
    paulanthonynelson
    I just love the ambition Kevin Smith shows in this film. While it is overlong and much too lowly budgeted for his vision, the film is so uniquely him -- an amalgam of religious allegory, theological questioning, 80s-style bawdy comedy and comic books (who else could've made this?...( read more)!?) -- that it's impossible not to love it. The ideas are so intriguing, the humour so bang-on and the cast are so terrific, it manages to rise above any technical roughness.
  • Soundsofmadness
    September 7, 2009
    Soundsofmadness
    WHAT a cast! Good god. This is pure genius.
    Get 'touched' by an angel *If all angels are that pretty, touch away.*
    Abortion clinic worker Bethany Sloane (Linda Fiorentino - Who I've only ever seen in Men In Black) with a special heritage is enlisted to prevent tw...( read more)o angels, Bartleby and Loki (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) from re-entering Heaven, after being booted out by God.
    Along the way, she is aided by several others - Two hilariously funny prophets, Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith <3). The 13th Apostle Rufus (Chris Rock) and a stripper, Serendipity (Salma Hayek)
    They must stop those who stand in their way. Although we have a demon named Azrael (Jason Lee) trying to keep the group from accomplishing their goal.
    I must mention Alan Rickman who played Metatron, a quick witted, sarcastic, really lovable aid to God.
    ''Metatron acts as the voice of God. Any documented occasion when some yahoo claims God has spoken to them, they're speaking to me. Or they're talking to themselves.''
    Although she had, well, in a way, a small part, Alanis Morissette was brilliant. Of course, she was God. She didn't need to do much to wow you.
    This movie is a MUST see, for anyone - Well..unless you're really easily offended.
  • Anaconda728873
    September 6, 2009
    Anaconda728873
    George Carlin as a cardinal...need I say more? I mean you try thinking of a cool, hip way to promote Jesus. Yeah, George is up for making those religious marketing decisions. LOL...
  • PattyCsU
    September 6, 2009
    PattyCsU
    One of Kevin Smiths best movies. Some real funny jokes and incite on religion. It has a great balance of thoughtful and silly humour. Alan Rickman was so awesome as the monotonally morbid voice of god. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were so badass in this, they should team up in anot...( read more)her Smith film again.
  • melson531
    August 26, 2009
    melson531
    love the way the take the piss out of just everything
  • NuditysShiver
    August 24, 2009
    NuditysShiver
    Not even the late George Carlin with Buddy Christ could save this Kevin Smith flop. Jesus. Whatever pun you wish to take.
  • redhotcrazyskier
    August 19, 2009
    redhotcrazyskier
    alan rickman=the voice of god is for the win
  • eviltwin824
    August 17, 2009
    eviltwin824
    This movie is really funny!!
  • Zack437885
    August 17, 2009
    Zack437885
    "the words about to end and you said you would do me"
  • Twilightfan175
    August 15, 2009
    Twilightfan175
    What a pile of total pointless rubbish!!
  • RachelJezel
    August 14, 2009
    RachelJezel
    Contemptuous humor at it's finest.
  • ifeels1ck
    August 14, 2009
    ifeels1ck
    Smith's epic film on his interpretation of Catholicism with plenty of jokes to make the Vatican blush.
  • deadlynightshade87
    July 30, 2009
    deadlynightshade87
    This is totally out of the ballpark of what I would normally watch, but I did find it somewhat funny. I don't know that it'd be something I'd watch on a regular basis, but it was nice to see something out of my usual genres.
  • gackt71322
    July 25, 2009
    gackt71322
    this movie is crazy n full of laugh ;) Can u belive Alanis M is God? hahaha
  • cherrystyle4u2003
    July 23, 2009
    cherrystyle4u2003
    WAS SO SO,
    IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE JAY & SILENT BOB.
  • leestro
    July 21, 2009
    leestro
    tried hard but didn't get there, beginning of aflecks end and damon's fall before Bourne
  • Tersch
    July 17, 2009
    Tersch
    a great laugh at religions expense. Love it
  • jumisumi
    July 16, 2009
    jumisumi
    jay & silent bob, yay!
  • DrZeek
    July 12, 2009
    DrZeek
    Bethany: You were martyred?
    Rufus: That's one way of putting it. Another way of putting it would be to say that I was bludgeoned to death by huge fucking rocks.

    Along with Clerks, this is my other favorite Kevin Smith film and one of my favorite overall movies. It's hilarious...( read more).

    Loki: Easy for you to say. You get off light in razing. You got to stand there and read at Sodom and Gomorrah, I had to do all the work.
    Bartleby: What work did you do? You lit a few fires.
    Loki: I rained down sulphur, man, there's a subtle difference.
    Bartleby: Oh, yeah, I'm sure.
    Loki: Hey, you know, fuck you, man. Any moron with a pack of matches can set a fire. Raining down sulphur is like an endurance trial man. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, outside of soccer.

    A great ensemble cast makes up what is basically a comedy/fantasy epic set in a Kevin Smith world. It's not about preaching what religions you should follow or disbelieve, it's just a really funny movie with an original concept set mainly around Catholicism.

    Bethany: What's he like?
    Metatron: God? Lonely. But funny. He's got a great sense of humor. Take sex for example. There's nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus.
    Bethany: Sex is a joke in heaven?
    Metatron: The way I understand it, it's mostly a joke down here, too.

    The story surrounds a women, working in an abortion clinic, who has lost her faith, Bethany, played by Linda Fiorentino. One night she is instructed by the voice of God, the Metatron, played by Alan Rickman, that she must stop two fallen angels from reentering heaven, or else the world will end.

    These angels are Bartleby and Loki, played by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, who have found a loophole after getting kicked out of heaven, and spending an eternity on Earth. They have an evil demon, played by Jason Lee, to thank, who has given these two the opportunity they need.

    Bethany must now travel to New Jersey, with the aid of two profits, Jay and Silent Bob, who else, as well as the 13th apostle, Chris Rock, and a muse, Salma Hayek, in order to stop the angels, before the angel's plan defies God's logic and unmakes existence.

    Jay: I feel like I'm Han Solo, and you're Chewie, and she's Ben Kenobi, and we're in that fucked-up bar.

    Each member of the cast works, starting with Affleck and Damon, before they parted ways on the movie scene, they made a great team together and play great off each other, with Affleck in particular giving one of his best performances.

    Fiorentino, Hayek, Rock and Rickman coming into this Kevin Smith world are also welcome and handle Smith style dialog very well. And Jason Lee also brings in what is needed as a villain, despite his small amount of time (that's what DVD is for).

    Bartleby: Why do they want to kill us?
    Azrael: Because your pissing people off! That's why.

    And once again Jay and Silent Bob provide the perfect amount of side laughs but even serve their own purpose this time around in terms of the plot.

    I put this as my favorite Smith film because it has that same sense of humor and the plot is just so neat and different from most comedies. Where else could one fine vulgar humor mixed with religious discussions centered around semantic arguments and pop culture references.

    Bartleby: You know, here's what I don't get about you. You know for a fact that there is a God. You have been in his presence. He's spoken to you personally, and yet I just heard you claim to be an atheist.
    Loki: I just like to fuck with the clergy, man. I just love it. I just love to keep those guys on their toes.

    An all around funny film with a good premise that is easy to continually watch.

    Jay: I get it! Holy Bartender! That's a great one!
  • GirlsHunt2
    July 12, 2009
    GirlsHunt2
    oit was really funny
  • amonra183
    July 11, 2009
    amonra183
    I once watched on tv a show about "directors" and it was about Kevin Smith... and, according to the "show"
    this is one of the Smith's top films.. so i wanna see it...
  • tarnishedhalotx
    July 9, 2009
    tarnishedhalotx
    Love this movie even if it does border on sacreligious. It's funny, makes some good points and put some of my beliefs into words that I hadn't managed to.
  • jgmcx5
    July 2, 2009
    jgmcx5
    An ensemble that works wonders with sharp dialogue, social commentary and a handful of comic situations to keep you well entertained as the religious satire rolls off the tongue. The thing that I love about this film is how it doesn't pretend to fit into any category-it was simpl...( read more)y made to make you think.
  • ornamentk
    June 25, 2009
    ornamentk
    Existential Dark Comedy...Can't go wrong with Kevin Smith
  • shaddow13
    June 24, 2009
    shaddow13
    this sounds so damn stupid - i have to see it!
  • sarasherry
    June 18, 2009
    sarasherry
    Popular cast, plot is a bit to be desired...totally rejected by the Catholic church, but it wasn't meant to be serious.
  • poote
    June 16, 2009
    poote
    Blah blah blah blah JESUS blah blah blah blah F*CK F*CK blah blah JESUS RELIGION. Turns out Kevin Smith does make boring movies.
  • sweeptheleg
    June 15, 2009
    sweeptheleg
    i didn't like this one.
  • cynthiah1031
    June 11, 2009
    cynthiah1031
    Anything with jay and silent bob is cool with me.
  • PlaysOneOnTV
    June 10, 2009
    PlaysOneOnTV
    Loved It! and I got it! I understand and now I have Sundays free. :)
  • wallflowersperk
    June 9, 2009
    wallflowersperk
    My favourite View Askew movie. I always knew that God was a woman. A crazy, tutu-wearing woman.
  • doglover000000
    June 6, 2009
    doglover000000
    This was a great film,brilliant cast,performance and script.
  • candaceh1978
    June 6, 2009
    candaceh1978
    Another great Kevin Smith movie making fun of how silly the catholic religion can be at times. Another great cameo with George Carlin as the Cardinal.
  • CheriHa
    June 6, 2009
    CheriHa
    i have no idea why so many people seem to like this movie. this is not a good movie.
  • Saladin208
    June 5, 2009
    Saladin208
    My favorite Kevin Smith film. Great cast, great writing, and just the right timing. Classic.
  • poryan1
    June 5, 2009
    poryan1
    I have no idea how to classify this movie. It's a dumb comedy but entertaining. It's a Men in Black only replace aliens with angels and demons.
  • helwigs
    June 2, 2009
    helwigs
    Freaking awesome! I was supposed to watch this in religion class but the teacher felt they swore too much. Even Ex-nuns like this movie!

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