Dogma

Synopsis: Faith Is A Funny Thing.

In this hilarious comic fantasy from writer/director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy), two banished angels (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) find a loophole that would get them back into Heaven. The only snag? They’ll be destroying existence in the process. In an effort to stop them, the overworked Voice of God (Alan Rickman) taps cynical mortal Bethany (Linda Fiorentino) to save the world by preventing the angels from reaching their unholy destination: New Jersey! Throw in two unlikely prophets named Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith), the quick-witted yet little-known thirteenth apostle(Chris Rock) and a sexy, former muse with a case of writer’s block (Salma Hayek), and you’ve got an hysterical and thrilling race against time packed with an all-star cast that Entertainment Weekly called “one of the best movies of 1999!”
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Dogma 8.5

This one would rate higher if not for the juvenile humour that detracts from an otherwise pretty meaningful discourse on faith. I mean, you have to knock some points for the poop monster alone. You have to. A real shame, too, because it does raise some great questions along the way.

What do you think?