Religulous
A Doc Which Will Live In Blasphemy
Trailers & Mo
Somewhere between the annoyingly in your face fact finding missions of
Michael Moore (
Fahrenheit 9/11 and
SiCKO) and the annoyingly folksy laymen exploits of
Morgan Spurlock (
Super Thighs Me and
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?) lies the annoyingly I'm right and your wrong yay and nay sayings of
Bill Maher (who looks like a grown up
Breckin Meyer) and
Religulous, his broad documentary (with help from
Borat director/
Rick Rubin doppelgänger
Larry Charles) that pontificates about what's wrong with religion, and the world's relationship with it. Primarily centered on Catholicism, with some love/hate thrown towards Islam and Judaism, Maher (his mom was Jewish, but he was raised Catholic, and now he considers himself an
apatheist) goes to town (and many of them, from the Holy Land to...
The Holy Land theme park in Orlando) armed with science and reason and attacks the fundamental beliefs of these religions and their followers. He's not out seeking answers, since it's purty clear that his mind is made up with his overly opinionated opinions, so the doc ends up being one giant soap box derby for him to continue his 'know it all' attitude, which is one of the main reasons why we've never been interested in watching
his HBO show. Every time he sits down to interview a priest, cleric, rabbi or any other devout person, his tone is instantly set to 'mock' that it's sirprizing anyone agreed to meet with him. Jesus (seen above) is the only one able to penetrate his thick head/hair. After Maher scoffs at the idea of Gawd existing in three forms, Jesus retorts by saying that water exists in a liquid, solid and gaseous state. It makes him think, a little, which is about as much thinking as you'll do while watching the film. Sum mo knowledge woulda been nice (czech out the docs
Jesus Camp or
Constantine's Sword if yer thirsty), but
Religulous is thighly entertaining and easy to digest with its endless high-larious intercut footage of olde Hollywood religious epics. To shot put it simply: it's a real (good) time with Bill Maher. Whether you find him annoying or not doesn't make a bit o' difference. Juss be happy he's not interviewing you
Aint Gawd Just Like An Overhyped David Blaines?: peep
Ali G's roundtable discussion on religion, which is equally mockilicious, yet far more probing. Imagine the hilarity that woulda ensued had director Charles made
Religulous with Ali G instead. BOOYAKASHA!
Verdictgo:
Jeepers Worth A PeepersReligulous opens in very limited release today
until next thyme the balcony is clothed...
