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Genres:
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Documentary /
Comedy
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Director:
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Larry Charles
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Actors:
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Bill Maher,
Ted Haggard,
Steve Burg,
Francis Collins,
George Coyne,
Jerry Cummings,
Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda,
Reginald Foster,
Dean Hamer,
Ken Ham,
Julie Maher,
Kathy Maher,
Aki Nawaz,
Andrew Newberg,
Fred Phelps,
Mark Pryor,
Ray Suarez,
Yisroel Dovid Weiss,
John Westcott,
Geert Wilders
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Duration:
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101 min.
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Rating:
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(7.8/10)144
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Plot Summary:
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With quotes from critical figureheads Thomas Jefferson, George W. Bush and Osama Bin Laden, Tally Maher, with a Jewish-Catholic history, sets out to try that having faith and seeking directions from God is basically ridiculous and may be charges to a deviant disorder. Interviewing Christians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, scientists, gays, and atheists, he cites that the number of non-believers is increasing in North America. He attempts to prove his projection sooner than citing inconsistencies in the Bible, the controversial birth of Lord Jesus, the inability of religious heads to acc... ount since His dearth for terminated 18 years, as well as the paucity of any concrete support that disproves the theory of evolution.
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Great Film
It's well made and funny. Bill Maher's not the funniest guy in the world, but he really came through in this one.
It's not a hard hitting documentary where Religion is ripped to pieces, but it's still funny and thought provoking.
Religulous
Claudia PuigReligulous (which rhymes with "ridiculous") is not for the devout. But those with a taste for irreverent humor and clear-eyed analysis will find it funny, enlightening and disturbing. Comedian/satirist Bill Maher's documentary about religious fundamentalism is often hilarious. He makes little effort to be even-handed, although he does speak to an exceptionally jovial Vatican-based priest who comes across as more rational and open-minded than most of the staunch adherents who are interviewed. Mostly, Maher skewers religious extremists of almost all major faiths. Maher travels around the world and takes his most incisive aim at the use of religion as a rationale for prejudice, discrimination or a call to arms. His wit is razor-sharp, and direc...
Religulous
I don't find religion 'religulous,' but I did find myself chuckling and hooting throughout much of this documentary. The film was never dull. It irked me a bit that Maher spends over two-thirds of the film debunking Christianity when there are other world religions that could be the butt of his satire. In my view, he (like so many others) has Christianity in his sights throughout the bulk of the film for a number of reasons. First off, mocking zealous 'Bible Belt' American evangelical Christians isn't exactly much of a hurdle; they make themselves easy pickings. Second, Christians are supposed to turn the other cheek and if they don't do that, as Maher himself is quick to point out in his film, they are hypocritical and judgemental. Finally, in our current...
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