Dogma
Cast
Linda Fiorentino as Bethany Sloane
Ben Affleck as Bartleby
Matt Damon as Loki
Alan Rickman as Metatron
Salma Hayek as Serendipity
Directed by
Kevin Smith
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Rater #2
5/10. Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike
Back. These are the five View Askew movies, the movies directed and
written by Kevin Smith. The only other one I had seen before Dogma
was Jay and Silent Bob, which was funnier than this one.
Linda Fiorentino is Bethany. She works in an abortion clinic and goes
to church every Sunday, even though she has lost her faith.
Meanwhile, two angels, Bartleby and Loki (Ben Affleck and Matt
Damon), who were sentenced out of Heaven, find a loophole that would
get them back into Heaven. They see an ad that says that all sins are
forgiven when they walk through an archway of a church. So, if they
cut off their wings and become mortal, then they will be forgiven and
go to Heaven.
However, this would lead to the end of the world. Since God is
infallible, this would prove God wrong, so the world would end. The
Metatron (Alan Rickman), who is the Voice of God, comes to tell
Bethany that she is the one who has to stop Bartleby and Loki for
reasons she finds out later. Along the way, she meets two prophets
Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith), the 13th Apostle
Rufus (Chris Rock), and another Muse, Serendipity (Salma Hayek), to
help her on the quest.
Whenever I see a movie and go to write my review, I can always tell
if it is going to be a good review or not, and this isn't one. I saw
it in pieces, though, so that may be a reason. While Jay and Silent
Bob had very raunchy and crude humor, Dogma seemed to stay pretty non-
gross-out, with the only exception being the Noman, or, as put by
Serendipity, a "sh*t demon". You can guess what he looks like.
All of the actors did their best acting job I've seen them in. Rock
didn't seem to go for humor as much in this one, but I didn't find
myself laughing too much at this one. He can be a good actor when not
making fun of white people or being crude. Jason Lee, who plays
another Muse banished to Hell, is great, also. I kept on wishing he
were in more of the movie. Mewes was, well, Jay: foul-mouthed, sex-
obsessed, and maybe a closeted gay. Fiorentino wasn't all that great,
but she wasn't in Men in Black also. Affleck isn't a great actor
overall, and it shows here. Damon was very good, because he IS a good
actor, and so are Rickman and Hayek.
Although it isn't plastered with cameos, it does feature a few.
George Carlin is a Cardinal, Jeff Anderson and Brian O'Holleran (from
Clerks) are featured in a few roles, and Alanis Morisette is God
(when do you think you'd ever hear that?). Basically, if you're a big
fan of other Smith movies, go for it. If you're just a casual fan or
not one at all, go with another one.
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Rated R for strong language including sex-related dialogue, violence,
crude humor and some drug content.
Running time: 130 minutes
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