Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda
Fiorentino, George Carlin, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith,
Alan Rickman, and Chris Rock
Two rogue angels
Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) were banished from heaven by God and
want to get back up there. They figure
out that they can get back into heaven by getting their sins forgiven and then
dying. They fail to realize that doing
this would destroy existence itself because this is ultimately defying and
overruling God, which violates all rules of existence. God is well aware of this and sends the
seraph Metatron (Alan Rickman) to task Bethany Sloane (Linda Fiorentino), a
woman with a rather special heritage, to prevent Loki and Bartleby from
entering heaven. Bethany eventually
takes on the daunting task and is aided by prophets, the thirteenth apostle,
and a Muse. Dogma is a uniquely fun film.
At first glance, you’d think it’s a sacrilegious film because of the
crude nature of some of the humor. It’s really
an outrageously fun comedy that both questions the need for religion but
embraces the notion of faith in a higher power simultaneously. It’s a guilty pleasure you’ll enjoy again and
again.
