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What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:32
Rotten:21
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: WWJB is an eye opening doc about consumerism that manages to be both funny and informative.
Theatrical Release:Nov 16, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $122,530
Synopsis: From producer Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) and director Rob VanAlkemade, “What Would Jesus Buy?” examines the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the... [More]
Director: Rob VanAlkemade
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10/18/08
While the movie may be a good vehicle for Rev. Billy's points, it's too tied to his point of view.
12/21/07
Possibly the feeblest entry yet in the anti-corporate theatre-of-muckraking genre.
12/01/07
Talen runs the risk of losing his purpose amid his performance.
02/28/08
I really like the message the movie has to say... I just wish the whole package were good enough to recommend as a gift to give yourself instead of another hour and a half at the mall.
12/07/07
My take is that it should be renamed the Church of Stop Yelling at Me Because You've Made Your Point.
11/30/07
So we need a better movie about this subject. As usual.
06/14/08
And as far as sermons go, it’s a good one. You just wish the director had found someone else to deliver it.
12/14/07
You know that deflated feeling you get after you've spent a lot of time and money shopping -- and have little to show for your efforts? This disappointing biography, about performance artist Reverend Billy, does an awfully good job recreating it.
11/16/07
With a provocative title clearly designed to get viewers' attention, it's disappointing that [the movie] doesn't actually have much to say.
11/15/07
The good reverend and his crew do their best to get busted at assorted corporate shrines (Disneyland, the Mall of America), but their media-driven antics serve only to underline Spurlock's add-water-and-stir approach to political documentary.
01/03/08
While you can appreciate what the choir and the film are trying to say, too often they get bogged down in trying to spread that message. They also take themselves a little too seriously at times.
12/07/07
This Rob VanAlkemade film has a good title and no focus.
11/15/07
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10/18/08
These bits of information could have been shocking in about 1940, 1980 and 1990. But by now, Americans who don't know couldn't care less.
01/11/08
All the film seems capable of proving is that performance art makes a dubious vehicle for social change, and sustaining a joke past its breaking point is no less stultifying in the service of good.
11/29/07
Seeing WWJB? in a theater is not necessary, although seeing him and the choir hijacking a mall in person would be better than Beowulf in IMAX.
03/17/08
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