Don't expect any serious debate here about God and evolution. This documentary is like watching a paranoiac making fun of a hysteric.
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06/27/08
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
8 %
Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 3 Rotten:33 Average Rating: 2.9/10
Consensus:
Full of patronizing, poorly structured arguments, Expelled is a cynical political stunt in the guise of a documentary.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 90 mins
Theatrical Release: 2008-04
Box Office: $7,499,617
Synopsis: Though Ben Stein is perhaps most famous for his sleep-inducing drone in FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF or for his eponymous game show, he is also a highly regarded New York Times columnist and was a speechwriter for both Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford during their presidencies. For EXPELLED: NO... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Ben Stein
Director: Nathan Frankowski
Screenwriter: Walt Ruloff
Producer: John Sullivan
Composer: Andy Hunter, Robbie Bronnimann
Screenwriter: Walt Ruloff
Producer: John Sullivan
Composer: Andy Hunter, Robbie Bronnimann
Reviews
Top Critic
If someone believes in the Tooth Fairy, can they complain about not being taken seriously at dental school?
06/27/08
This film is an appallingly unscrupulous example of hack propaganda and it sucketh mightily. What's more, I didn't laugh once.
06/27/08
Top Critic
Embracing evolutionary theory will turn you into a close-minded, God-denying Nazi -- that's the upshot of this ludicrous propaganda piece.
04/25/08
Top Critic
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.
04/25/08
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.
04/24/08
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.
04/24/08
Top Critic
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.
04/22/08
works in much the same way as a Michael Moore documentary -- a raft of provocation and very little persuasion
04/22/08
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.
04/21/08
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.
04/21/08
Top Critic
The 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.
04/18/08
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.
04/18/08
Surely the film's greatest offense is the utter shamelessness with which it exploits the Holocaust.
04/18/08
This is propaganda, a political rant disguised as a serious commentary on stifled freedom of inquiry.
04/18/08
Top Critic
It shows us bogus security files, as if some cabal is spying on everyone. It shirks the facts. And it madly edits images to equate Darwin with Hitler, and Ben Stein with -- yes -- Ronald Reagan. Typical of all propaganda, it also distorts language.
04/18/08
Top Critic
Stein's schlumpy presence is disarming, though his know-it-all nature is at odds with his free-speech posing.
04/18/08
Top Critic
Stein's credibility is blown on this poorly constructed diatribe, and you'd be smart to save your bucks.
04/18/08
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