Review of Dogma

Dogma (1999)
8/10
I loved it!!
24 February 2001
I just watched this great movie on video last night, and I really enjoyed it!! I'm not a Catholic, but I still thought that it was quite funny. I could really only notice one flaw in this movie: Salma Hayeck. Her character, Serendipity the muse, was funny at times, but they could have(and should have) made her part a little bigger. She needed a big, noticeable performance to save her career after "Wild Wild West", but this wasn't it. However the rest of the movie was quite good. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck show considerable screen chemistry, and they both do really well. I also couldn't get enough of Jay and Silent Bob, and I'm glad that they finally have a big part in a movie, because they were simply HILARIOUS! I feel that the movie's two best performances came from Chris Rock(This is easily his best performance ever) as Rufus, and from Alan Rickman-I laughed hard, several times during the first scene with him- as Metatron. The special effects that they used were very good, two more than any others: 1. The repulsive Golgothan monster that attacks Bethany and her friends in the bar. 2. The angels' wings ( I was really impressed in the end, seeing Ben Affleck gracefully float down to the ground) All in all, this movie was terrific, and can be loved by believers and nonbelievers alike.
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