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Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (2005)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 98
Fresh: 63 | Rotten: 35

Silverman's brand of humor is dirty, offensive, and, judging from this film, very, very funny.

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 9

Silverman's brand of humor is dirty, offensive, and, judging from this film, very, very funny.

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Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 20,472

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Comedian Sarah Silverman cheerfully ignores any and all taboos in this performance film based on her hit off-Broadway show. Combining stand-up material with comedy sketches and musical numbers, Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic is dominated by Silverman's typically edgy monologues, including bits on racism, September 11, family dysfunction, drug abuse, rape, the Holocaust and plenty of other unlikely sources of comedy guaranteed to make viewers squirm while they laugh. Sarah Silverman: Jesus is

R, 1 hr. 12 min.

Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

Sarah Silverman

Jun 6, 2006

$1.2M

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All Critics (103) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (65) | Rotten (36) | DVD (10)

I wouldn't take my mother, but this stand-up movie is pretty funny.

December 15, 2005 Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | Comment
Arizona Republic
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Silverman comes across as a racist, callous diva in Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic.

December 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment (1)
Houston Chronicle
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As a concert film, Jesus Is Magic proves totally lacking in electricity, and for me, even the funnier lines produced only chuckles.

December 9, 2005 Comment
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Jesus Is Magic is the second part of the title of comic Sarah Silverman's very funny, very wrong movie, which weaves wacky musical numbers and odd backstage moments with an L.A. performance of her one-woman show.

December 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment
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Silverman's abrasive material is funny because her approach is friendly.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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If you can stand the profanity, the crudeness, and the merciless strafing of all things noble and sacrosanct, then you'll find yourself huddled over in a painful ball of nonstop guffaws.

December 2, 2005 Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Silverman's full-on approach works because she unflinchingly examines these themes with a disarming sweetness.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | Comment
Shadows on the Wall

Her comic persona is that of a clueless and politically incorrect hipster who says terrible things without being aware of their shock value. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: This is London | Comment
This is London

By the end you'll feel like a bored parent trapped in the front row of the school play.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Total Film | Comment
Total Film

Ultimately, it's difficult to resist...especially when she comes out with lines like: "I don't care if you think I'm racist - I just want you to think I'm thin."

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Sky Movies | Comment
Sky Movies

Skip this one and check Sarah Silverman out on stage for real.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: IGN Movies UK | Comment
IGN Movies UK

Her high-wire stage performance is unmissable all the same, particularly when she's taking aim at such untouchable sacred cows as Martin Luther King. "They only mention the good stuff! He was a litterbug."

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | Comment
Daily Telegraph

Bad-taste material, delivered with an insouciance that looks easy until you see lesser comics trying it, is what she does best: killer gags about seven-year-old lesbians and Jews killing Jesus.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | Comment
Guardian [UK]

Hit'n'miss gags that target 9/11, rape, the Holocaust and Aids ("If God gives you Aids, I say, 'Make Lemon-Aids'!") prove that Silverman is a gifted performer but that sometimes busting taboos isn't enough in itself.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Times [UK] | Comment
Times [UK]

It's uneven and the relationship between your sense of taste and your sense of humour will determine whether you enjoy it, but at its best, Jesus Is Magic doesn't look out of place alongside the best stand-up concert movies.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

Not to everyone's taste but her legions of internet fans won't be disappointed. Anyone who can come up with a line like 'I don't care if you think I'm a racist, I just want you to think I'm thin,' is okay in our books.

August 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

There is a healthy release to be had in this address of our shared, so-often-facile Hallmark-card reverence. Humor can be the best weapon after all.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

Silverman fails at what she does not because she says dirty things, but because that's all she says, and she's not very good at it.

June 22, 2006 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment (1)
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Silverman's raunchy pretend comedy act can't sustain its energy and humor.

June 13, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic

Sarah Silverman: Who cares? Different religions. I guess the only time it's an issue I suppose would be if you're having a baby, you have to figure out how you want to raise your baby or whatever, which still would not be an issue for us. Because you know, we'd just be honest, and say "Mommy is one of the chosen

May 30, 2006
DrZeek

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If you took away all the musical numbers than this could have been a lot better.

December 28, 2008
Godless

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