Religulous

 (2008)


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  • Critics Rating 111 critics
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User Reviews

A breath of fresh air after CA's Prop 8 passed
Nov 16, 2008
flyingcoaster - yahoo.com
Happened to see "Religulous" just after being immersed in the aftermath of California's Proposition 8 vote, which passed on November 4th and wrote discrimination against a minority group into our State Constitution. I'm actually ashamed to be a native Californian at... Full review
its just Religulous!
Nov 16, 2008
holdenhoward - yahoo.com
First off, let me say this...I am openly agnostic. I agree with Maher on just about anything. That said, I did not expect to laugh as much as i did. This is the second funniest film I've seen all year(forgetting sarah... Full review
God is Dead! Ok, maybe he was never alive...
Nov 15, 2008
fukbin - yahoo.com
Bill Rocks! I could not have made a better movie if I tried. If you are a born-again (sorry to hear that) you will hate this movie. If you are Sarah Palin (and dumb as all heck) you will not like... Full review
God Is An Absent Landlord!
Nov 15, 2008
davidendom2 - yahoo.com
At least that's what you get from this movie. Bill Maher digs past the centuries of revisionism, and tall tale telling to get at the heart of what is religion, and the basis for it. Spanning the globe, he gives an... Full review
Bill Rocks
Nov 14, 2008
padenlee - yahoo.com
Bill does it once again. He akes sacred cows and turns them into Hamburger. No one better than at making people think and say WTF..Rock on Bill... Full review
Truth that Will Scare the Bigots Off
Nov 06, 2008
julio.moreno - yahoo.com
No doubt about it. Religulous is a funny documentary that will make the religious zealots frown. Truth can make people mad and often alienates them because they just like the mirror effect of what they see. The stupidity of religious beliefs... Full review
Wake Up People
Nov 03, 2008
kurczakcfh - yahoo.com
So glad Bill Maher made this great honest movie. Organized relgion has done so much harm in this world and is so inmoral. Wars, violence, hatred, judgement, intolerance, thats what religion brings. Time for people to wake up. The World would... Full review
some people write the funniest reviews
Nov 02, 2008
slickers1988 - yahoo.com
this movie is an epitome of tolerance. the major point the movie made was that one should not be certain of such non sense, rather be open minded and doubt before its too late. and at the end of it all,... Full review
really good, a great surprise
Oct 31, 2008
adacello - yahoo.com
Great film, revealing very funny and very frightening idiocy and hypocrisy from within the three main religions (Christianity, Judiasim and Islam), and ultimately presenting a very serious challenge. I was surprised at the serious turn at the end, and moved by... Full review
Excellent
Oct 29, 2008
jzeide - yahoo.com
Keeps you laughing throughout, more aimed at those who understand the poison that is religion but can really be enjoyed by anyone with an open mind.... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Sep 14, 2009
associatedcontent.com
The film's humor is provided by nimble editing and Bill Maher's preference for teasing over aggression.....He doesn't harangue Fred Phelps or Ted Haggard..... ... Full Review
| Apr 05, 2009
The Independent
This film's problem is fundamental....The best thing about the documentary is Larry Charles's direction.....simply sneering, it also makes Religulous feel a little dated..... ... Full Review
| Apr 02, 2009
ViewLondon
The film's at its most effective when it's examining faith in politics....Religulous has several hilarious highlights, most notably an interview with the employee who plays Jesus at Florida's mind-boggling Holy Land Experience theme park.....Religulous is an extremely entertaining documentary that delivers plenty of laughs.... ... Full Review
| Mar 01, 2009
associatedcontent.com
Religulous was a bit boring..... ... Full Review
| Feb 22, 2009
Orlando Sentinel
Movies on DVD: Maher stays true to his beliefs in irreverent 'Religulous' Social gadfly Bill Maher's unfair, unbalanced but hilarious send-up of religion , Religulous, has fun at the expense of an Orlando preacher or two, and travels from the Holy Land to The Holy Land Experience. ... Full Review

News

By Eric Monder For movie details, please click here . Like a more genial, "balanced" version of Religulous , Lord Save Us from Your Followers covers similar ground about religious hypocrisy in the modern Western world while also giving due... ... Full Article

Bottom Line: More engaging than enlightening, this doc never lives up to its clever title. NEW YORK -- Like a more genial, "balanced" version of "Religulous," "Lord Save Us From Your Followers" covers similar ground about religious hypocrisy in the... ... Full Article

Religulous, Momentum Pictures, 15, ?17.99 By NADINE MCBAY - Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Religulous Framing this freewheeling, almost gonzoid polemic with to-camera monologues from Megiddo - the Israeli valley where some Jews, Christians and Muslims believe Armageddon will take place... ... Full Article

Religion and humor are two of the biggest influences in my life, so I wish I had enjoyed Bill Maher's movie, "Religulous," more than I did. ... Full Article

Bill Maher doesn't like fiction. He presents himself as a no-bullshit libertarian rationalist: hey, buddy, if your god says I can't smoke weed or jack off, then fuck your god. ... Full Article

Religulous
timesonline.co.uk2009-04-02
As a stand-up comedian, Bill Maher is perfectly qualified to lead a crusade against organised religion. The evidence - or rather the lack of it - is stacked on his side. ... Full Article

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