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Rated: ; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy; With: Ben Affleck, Linda Fiorentino and Matt Damon

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Dogma
B-
By Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is a senior writer for EW and a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

Condemned by the ''faithful,'' then commended by critics with retaliatory zeal, Kevin Smith's biblical burlesque now seems a sanctimonious trifle. The story (banished angels Affleck and Damon try to reenter heaven via a doctrinal loophole) is charming nonsense, but behind the laughs lurks a dour passion play, complete with fake blood and vacuous sermonizing. Thank God (Alanis Morissette) for Smith's slacker-sage patois, which keeps Dogma enjoyable between the spurious epiphanies. B-


Posted Apr 28, 2000
 

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