DVD Movie Rating for: Dogma

2 out of 5

Movie Plot of: Dogma

The great grand niece of Jesus Christ is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven.

A female decendant of Christ and two unlikely prophets are called upon by Rufus, an unknown 13th apostle, to stop two angels, that were cast out of heaven, from unknowingly erasing all of God's work by restoring their souls by entering a new church. Restoring ones soul by entering a new church is a part of the Catholic Dogma, and by restoring their souls the angels could reenter heaven thus revealing there is a loophole to return to heaven. This would prove God was not perfect and upon proving this all of God's work would immediately be erased.

DVD Production Details of: Dogma

Starring: Linda Fiorentino, Ben Affleck

Director: Kevin Smith

Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby

Studio: Columbia/Tristar Studios

DVD Release Date: June 26, 2001
DVD Features:
Commentary by director Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck and Jason Lee

Commentary by producer Scott Mosier and Vincent Pereira

Commentary by director Kevin Smith, Producer Scott Mosier and View Askew Historian Vincent Pereira

Complete Set of Storyboards from Three Major Scenes

100 Minutes of Deleted Scenes with View Askew Crew Intros

Cast and Crew Outtakes

Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash Spot

Saints and Sinners Talent Files

Bonus! Follow the Buddy Christ for More Hijinks with Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes and More!

Talent Files (Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Chris Rock, Alan Rickman, Jason Lee, Salma Hayek and Jason Mewes)

Widescreen anamorphic format

Number of discs: 2

DVD Easter Eggs

Trailer Access The Egg From the main menu, just press right and highlight the heart around Cool Jesus. Select it and you will be taken to a trailer of "Good Will Hunting".

Cast of the movie: Dogma

• Linda Fiorentino.... Bethany Sloane
• Ben Affleck.... Bartleby
• Matt Damon.... Loki
• Alan Rickman .... Metatron
• Salma Hayek .... Serendipity
• Chris Rock.... Rufus
• Jason Lee .... Azrael
• Jason Mewes .... Jay
• Kevin Smith .... Silent Bob
• George Carlin .... Cardinal Ignatius Glick
• Bud Cort .... John Doe Jersey
• Alanis Morissette.... God
• Jeff Anderson .... Gun Salesman
• Brian O'Halloran .... Grant Hicks
• Janeane Garofalo .... Liz

Photo Gallery of the movie: Dogma

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Reviews of the movie: Dogma

Kevin Smith is a conundrum of a filmmaker: he's a writer with brilliant, clever ideas who can't set up a simple shot to save his life. It was fine back when Smith was making low-budget films like Clerks and Chasing Amy, both of which had an amiable, grungy feel to them, but now that he's a rising director who's attracting top talent and tackling bigger themes, it might behoove him to polish his filmmaking. That's the main problem with Dogma--it's an ambitious, funny, aggressively intelligent film about modern-day religion, but while Smith's writing has matured significantly (anyone who thinks he's not topnotch should take a look at Chasing Amy), his direction hasn't. It's too bad, because Dogma is ripe for near-classic status in its theological satire, which is hardly as blasphemous as the protests that greeted the movie would lead you to believe.

Two banished angels (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) have discovered a loophole that would allow them back into heaven; problem is, they'd destroy civilization in the process by proving God fallible. It's up to Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), a lapsed Catholic who works in an abortion clinic, to save the day, with some help from two so-called prophets (Smith and Jason Mewes, as their perennial characters Jay and Silent Bob), the heretofore unknown 13th apostle (Chris Rock), and a sexy, heavenly muse (the sublime Salma Hayek, who almost single-handedly steals the film). In some ways Dogma is a shaggy dog of a road movie--which hits a comic peak when Affleck and Fiorentino banter drunkenly on a train to New Jersey, not realizing they're mortal enemies--and segues into a comedy-action flick as the vengeful angels (who have a taste for blood) try to make their way into heaven. Smith's cast is exceptional--with Fiorentino lending a sardonic gravity to the proceedings, and Jason Lee smirking evilly as the horned devil Azrael--and the film shuffles good-naturedly to its climax (featuring Alanis Morissette as a beatifically silent God), but it just looks so unrelentingly... subpar. Credit Smith with being a daring writer but a less-than-stellar director

Smith's 4th pic disappointing and scattershot
Despite the welcome presence of a handful of appealing top-liners (Damon, Affleck, Rock), Kevin Smith's religious comedy is more reminiscent of the awful Mallrats than the excellent Chasing Amy. Laborious and heavy-handed as both writer and director, Smith introduces far too many characters for the film's own good, squandering any opportunity for coherence and clarity. Linda Fiorentino, ostensibly the central protagonist of the muddy narrative, comes off as bored and uninvolved in the action -- perhaps the greatest single blow to the picture. Also a disappointment is the usually tremendous Chris Rock, who seems lost amid the inflated number of cast members vying for screen time. Surprisingly, his disgruntled apostle Rufus takes a backseat to Jason Mewes' foul-mouthed Jay in the laugh-line department. Dogma's middle section fairly screams out to be trimmed to a reasonable length, but even that would not be enough to sort out the disorder and inconsistency that mark the film as one of Smith's lesser outings.