To grant Expelled any credibility beyond the opening minutes requires nothing short of a leap of faith.
CommentDec 17, 2008
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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
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Reviews Counted:41
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Rotten:37
Average Rating:2.9/10
Consensus: Full of patronizing, poorly structured arguments, Expelled is a cynical political stunt in the guise of a documentary.
Theatrical Release: Apr 18, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $7.5M
Synopsis: In a controversial new satirical documentary, author, former presidential speech writer, economist, lawyer and actor Ben Stein travels the world,... [More]
Starring: Ben Stein, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Sternberg
Director: Nathan Frankowski
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REVIEWS FOR EXPELLED: NO INTELLIGENCE ALLOWED
This film is cheerfully ignorant, manipulative, slanted, cherry-picks quotations, draws unwarranted conclusions, makes outrageous juxtapositions, segues between quotes that are not about the same thing, tells bald-faced lies, etc.
Dec 4, 2008
Top CriticDespite some occasionally sloppy filmmaking, I think the picture is worth a look. It raises important ideas and issues, asks important questions. No one could argue against that, right? Bueller...Bueller...Bueller...
Nov 3, 2008
Ignorance may be bliss, but encouraging it, as Expelled does, ought to be a crime.
Oct 18, 2008
Like Moore, whose documentary-cum-polemical style they are clearly imitating, the makers of Expelled give their critics too much ammunition, so even if you're sympathetic to some of the ideas and the underlying argument, it is still difficult to defend.
Oct 18, 2008
Don't expect any serious debate here about God and evolution. This documentary is like watching a paranoiac making fun of a hysteric.
Jun 27, 2008
Top CriticIf someone believes in the Tooth Fairy, can they complain about not being taken seriously at dental school?
Jun 27, 2008
This film is an appallingly unscrupulous example of hack propaganda and it sucketh mightily. What's more, I didn't laugh once.
Jun 27, 2008
Top CriticThe movie is unpersuasive, but it's amusing...
Apr 28, 2008
Embracing evolutionary theory will turn you into a close-minded, God-denying Nazi -- that's the upshot of this ludicrous propaganda piece.
Apr 25, 2008
Top CriticMight there be a way to get to God through science? It's a fascinating notion and I wish the slickly produced Expelled investigated it more thoroughly.
Apr 25, 2008
Expelled is a classic bait-and-switch, presenting itself as a plea for freedom in the scientific marketplace of ideas, while actually delivering a grossly unfair, contradictory, and ultimately repugnant attack on Darwinists.
Apr 24, 2008
Regardless of your personal views, Expelled's heavy-handed bias (a visit to Darwin's home gets the same eerie music as a tour of Dachau) is exasperating.
Apr 24, 2008
Top CriticJunk science meets even junkier filmmaking in Expelled -- a no more shameless, stupid and loathsome piece of propaganda has ever skulked its way into the theater.
Apr 22, 2008
works in much the same way as a Michael Moore documentary -- a raft of provocation and very little persuasion
Apr 22, 2008
I don't say the film is crap because I disagree with it. I say it's crap because it disagrees with itself. It teems with contradictions, false dichotomies, and specious reasoning.
Apr 21, 2008
Manages to be flippant and darkly provocative at once.
Apr 21, 2008
This documentary purporting to examine the issue of freedom of expression in the debate between the competing arguments of 'intelligent design' and Darwinism squanders the potential fascination of its topic with its simplistic, heavy-handed approach.
Apr 21, 2008
Top CriticThe prospect of a pro-Intelligent Design documentary sounded so batsh** crazy,it had to be awesome, watching intellectuals spin a story about how they're persecuted for their beliefs.Not to say I didn't give it a fair chance,but they made it really easy.
Apr 18, 2008
The film shows that Intelligent Design should be on the table for discussion. But if you're looking for ammo to argue your Darwinist friends under the table, look elsewhere.
Apr 18, 2008
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