Review – Dogma

Some people want to amend the Constitution to make it illegal to burn the flag. Some want to amend it to ban pornography or hate speech. The amendment I’m praying for is a total ban on members of Generation X creating anything – song, movie or whatever – about religion. I mean, I’m a big fan of free speech and all, but enough is enough. This specimen in particular is an especially annoying mishmash of comic-book theology and slapstick violence from the guys who brought us Clerks. Judging by the stellar cast, someone must have thought this was going to turn into one of those critically-acclaimed vanity projects. Unfortunately, the script is so terrible and so full of endless speechifying and moronic plot twists that the rest of the production, however well put together, never really has a chance. Too bad, really. I loved Clerks. Wish I’d skipped it