Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.4|5.0
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Religulous—interesting
look into religious world views—takes the viewer on a journey around the world
while asking questions about the usefulness or non-usefulness of religion. Another
look at religion from the viewpoint of a person who does not seem to refute the
god-factor, but seems to want to believe it does not exist. Bill Mahr seems to
advise the audience to be philosophically doubtful about the way we think about
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and then seems to take a position that much of
what is believed within those orders of religion as written in books hundreds
or even thousands of years ago can be refuted by a rational mind, de-structured,
and reconstructed with something more logical. The interviews are fairly well
done and seem to set some interviewees on edge; but decorum, for the most part,
is managed for the camera’s sake. It’s a good, educational walk. Great work for
Director Larry Charles.
Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images
Storyline
Bill
Mahr examines religion using Socratic methodology and refutation.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Larry Charles for directing effort. Thank you to Executive
Producers Jesse Johnston and Charlie Siskel for making the film possible.
Additional characters/cast include: Himself (Bill Maher), Himself (Tal
Bachman), Himself (Jonathan Boulden), Himself (Steve Burg), Himself (Francis
Collins), Himself (George Coyne), Benjamin Creme (Himself), Himself (Jeremiah
Cummings), Himself (Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda), Herself (Fatima Elatik),
Himself (Yahuda Etzion), Himself (Reginald Foster), and Himself (Mohamed Junas
Gaffar).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
It’s important to examine, through discussion, all sides of an issue.
Video Critique Available Here:
Ben Meyers
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