Dogma

An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and reenter Heaven.

Cast

Ben Affleck

as Bartleby

Matt Damon

as Loki

Linda Fiorentino

as Bethany

Salma Hayek Pinault

as Serendipity

Jason Lee

as Azrael

Jason Mewes

as Jay

Alan Rickman

as Metatron

Chris Rock

as Rufus

George Carlin

as Cardinal Glick

Bud Cort

as John Doe Jersey

Reviews

Gimly

I didn't know it at the time, but watching _Mallrats_ on VHS as a kid was my first foray into View Askew, but it wasn't until _Dogma_ that I realised there was something bigger and better I could latch on to with Kevin Smith at the helm. _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly reco...

Peter McGinn

I bought this as a DVD years ago assuming it was some kind of drama or thriller a la The DaVinci Code. Turns out it is a comedy - well, almost a farce it seems. As an atheist I am okay with mocking organized religion, but he plethora of blasphemy might be too much for some viewers. There were a f...

CinemaSerf

Though I did think some of the visual humour here was a bit puerile, some of the writing really does expose the concept of religiosity across almost all faiths to some fairly unflattering scrutiny, and at times holds the idea of monotheism up to some carefully calculated and potent ridicule. Of cour...

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