Average Rating: 2.9/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 38
Full of patronizing, poorly structured arguments, Expelled is a cynical political stunt in the guise of a documentary.
Average Rating: 2.5/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 17
Full of patronizing, poorly structured arguments, Expelled is a cynical political stunt in the guise of a documentary.
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Intrigued by the recent trend of scientists, journalists, philosophers, and teachers who have been ostracized and discredited for daring to suggest that humankind may be the product of intelligent design rather than a random fluke in the cosmic scheme of things, Ben Stein sets out on a journey to investigate the supposed persecution of the many by the select few. Stein asserts that in recent years, anyone who dares to question the idea that adaptation is responsible for the development of
PG, 1 hr. 37 min.
Apr 18, 2008 Wide
Oct 21, 2008
$7.5M
Rocky Mountain Pictures
All Critics (42) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (38) | DVD (1)
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.
Don't expect any serious debate here about God and evolution. This documentary is like watching a paranoiac making fun of a hysteric.
This film is an appallingly unscrupulous example of hack propaganda and it sucketh mightily. What's more, I didn't laugh once.
Embracing evolutionary theory will turn you into a close-minded, God-denying Nazi -- that's the upshot of this ludicrous propaganda piece.
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.
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.
Controversial look at evolution meant for family discussion.
To grant Expelled any credibility beyond the opening minutes requires nothing short of a leap of faith.
Despite 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...
Ignorance may be bliss, but encouraging it, as Expelled does, ought to be a crime.
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.
If someone believes in the Tooth Fairy, can they complain about not being taken seriously at dental school?
The movie is unpersuasive, but it's amusing...
Might 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.
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.
Junk 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.
works in much the same way as a Michael Moore documentary -- a raft of provocation and very little persuasion
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.
Manages to be flippant and darkly provocative at once.
Well made and interesting. This is about religion. Don't let that scare you off though. While most documentary films I have seen about God are making fun of those who believe in Him this one just sets out to ask questions and lets you make your own mind up about the answers given.While most interviewers would go the
May 13, 2009
Super Reviewer
obviously the rub with this film is due to the emotionally charged nature of its subject matter. because of this people keep challenging the fact that this film offers no scientific data to back up any claims, when in fact the film never pretended to be about that. this is simply a look at the loss of the freedom of
March 5, 2009
Super Reviewer
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