Linda Fiorentino Movie:

Editorial Review:
Kevin Smith is a conundrum of a filmmaker: he's a writer with brilliant, clever ideas who can't set up a simple shot to save his life. It was fine back when Smith was making low-budget films like Clerks and Chasing Amy, both of which had an amiable, grungy feel to them, but now that he's a rising director who's attracting top talent and tackling bigger themes, it might behoove him to polish his filmmaking. That's the main problem with Dogma--it's an ambitious, funny, aggressively intelligent film about modern-day religion, but while Smith's writing has matured significantly (anyone who thinks he's not topnotch should take a look at Chasing Amy), his direction hasn't. It's too bad, because Dogma is ripe for near-classic status in its theological satire, which is hardly as blasphemous as the protests that greeted the movie would lead you to believe.

Two banished angels (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) have discovered a loophole that would allow them back into heaven; problem is, they'd destroy civilization in the process by proving God fallible. It's up to Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), a lapsed Catholic who works in an abortion clinic, to save the day, with some help from two so-called prophets (Smith and Jason Mewes, as their perennial characters Jay and Silent Bob), the heretofore unknown 13th apostle (Chris Rock), and a sexy, heavenly muse (the sublime Salma Hayek, who almost single-handedly steals the film). In some ways Dogma is a shaggy dog of a road movie--which hits a comic peak when Affleck and Fiorentino banter drunkenly on a train to New Jersey, not realizing they're mortal enemies--and segues into a comedy-action flick as the vengeful angels (who have a taste for blood) try to make their way into heaven. Smith's cast is exceptional--with Fiorentino lending a sardonic gravity to the proceedings, and Jason Lee smirking evilly as the horned devil Azrael--and the film shuffles good-naturedly to its climax (featuring Alanis Morissette as a beatifically silent God), but it just looks so unrelentingly... subpar. Credit Smith with being a daring writer but a less-than-stellar director. --Mark Englehart

Dogma [Region 2] Reviews:
DOGMA-vhs tape; unlike, some other vendors, the product provided here was in excellent shape!
2009-11-27 - The product

It's really a dog
2009-11-22 - This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I thought the acting was bad, the special effects were bad, the plot was bad... pretty much everything. I kept finding myself waiting for the movie to end. Out of the last 50 movies I've seen, this is the worst. There are marginal movies out there where you think, "Well, at least it was worth watching once." This is not one of them. You know it's bad, when the actors have to come in periodically and "explain" what's going on. I found the only funny parts were maybe 5 minutes total. The remaining 2+ hours were time wasted. The Blu-ray transfer was decent, but if you have not seen this movie before, be sure to borrow/rent it before you consider buying it.

Banal
2009-11-16 - This film assumes to be satricial and comedic. However, the inaccuracies in the relating of history and theological doctrine overwhelm any statement or humor this movie attempts to portray.

great movie
2009-11-05 - i love kevin smith movies and this is an example of his hilarious yet contraversial humor % stars well earned by me

One of our favorites
2009-09-07 - Dogma is a movie with comedy, drama, and a wonderful look at religion. It watches almost like a parody, and with the language and some crude humor, it would be very easy to get offended, but watch it with an open mind and you will see the real story. Rufus, the black 13th apostle, gives us some great insight into what we really should be doing as followers of Christ. He gives a line to the effect of, 'You guys took a great thing and built a religion around it.' Plus, Alan Rickman is a very attractive Metatron!