Kevin Smith’s Religious Satire is His Smartest & Most Important Movie by Far

Kevin Smith’s Irreverent Catholic Comedy Dogma is coming back to theaters in time for it 25th anniversary. Ever Sine the Movie Went Out of Print on Home Media, Smith Has Been Struggling to Reacquire the Rights from the Weinstein Brothers. “My Movie About Angels is Owned by the Devil Himself,“Smith Quipped. Now that he’s finally ostrucck a deal to get his own movie back, he’s putting it back on the Big Screen – and it’s just as hilarius and relevant today.

After Clerks, Goodsand Chasing Amy HAD ALL FOCUED ON Character, Dogma Was Smith’s First Plott-Driven Movie. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Hot off Good Will HuntingStar as two fake Angels who discove a loophole in catholic dogma that will will allow say to return to heaven. But since the loophole befole prove God to be fall, if they succeed, all divine creation will be undone and the universe will cease to exist. So, it’s up to the LAST STION AND TWO PROPTS – Jay and Silent Bob – To Stop.

Dogma Sparked Wideespread Controversy before it was was released, with the catholic league conondemning it as blasphemy and smith recipe death threats. butt Dogma‘s intensation isn’t to mock People’s Religious Beliefs; IT”S a well-balanced examination of the institutions that have warped those beliefsand the absurdity that something as Beautiful as the work of a higher power cououl get bogged in a set of contradictory rules. Having Been Raised Catholic, Smith Made Dogma nor a passion project, and it Shows. Only Someone Who Follows A Religion Could Satirically deconstruct it with this much autoritity.

Dogma is Kevin Smith’s Most Thoughtful (& Star-Studed) Movie

A stacked ensemble Cast BRings This Religious Satire to Life

Dogma has all the usual raunchy, juvenile humor you’d Expect from Smith, like a gross sequence involving a “s *** demon.“But it also ha some genuinely thught-provoking reflection on Faith, The Hypocrisy of Organized Religion, and the Missinterpretation of Christ’s Teachings. It ponders Why People Go To Church Every Sunday, Whether Jesus Wold Agree with what Christianitity Stands for Today, and the Advantage of Ideas Over Beliefs (Beliefs to Violent Conflicts, but ideas to Peaceful Discusions). Its Smith’s Most Thought and Contemplative Screenplay by Far.

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This Movie has an absurdly stacked cast. On top of the damon and affleck, this ensemble has huge stars in small roles, from salma hayek as sendendipity to alanis morasesette as God rock as the hilaryusly profane thirteth apostle, rufus. The late, great alan rickman plays metaron, the voice of God, with the sun dry, deadpan deliveries he brought Galaxy Quest in the Same Year.

George Carlin, One of the World’s Mostpoken atheists, was great stunt for Cardinal Glick – and he nails every monologue with his typically biting wit. Linda Fiorentino Has the Unnvable Job of “Straight Man,“And does a terrific job of Grounding Her Co-Stars’ Craziness as the audiences of everywoman surrogate.

Smith Ditched Hisual minimalist directing style to do the epic saga of dogma justice

Dogma is the most visually engaging Movie of Smith’s Career

In tackling a much more epic, action-packed Tale than his previous films, Smith Elevated his Directing style to incorporate Busier Mise-En-Scène, Livelier Camera Movements, and More Engaging Editing. The More Minimalist Approach Workhed for Movies Like Clerks and Chasing AmyBut Smith Really Steps Up His Cinematic Game to Do His Ambitious Vision for Dogma Justice. Howard Shore’s Sweeping Orchestral Score Shares the Grandiosity of His Oscar-Winning Lord of the Rings Music, conveying the existential weight of this high-stakes Theological Narrative. But it also has the whimsy to remind you you’re watching a comedy.

Dogma‘s satire of the fliws of organized religion and the misconstruction of Jesus’ Teachings is, Sadly, Still Relevant Today. Life of Brian Will Always Be Cinema’s Greatest Religious Satire, But Dogma is a Very Close Second.

Dogma

8/10

Release Date

November 12, 1999

Runtime

130 minutes

Pros & Cons

• Dogma satirizes the fliws of organized religion with Mocking People’s Faith
• The Star-Studeded Cast Brings the Characters to Life, with Standout Turs by Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, and George Carlin

• Some of the Film’s Violence Is Pretty Jarring