A very vulgar pro-faith comedy rather than a sacrilegious goof, Dogma is an extraordinarily uneven film that significant cutting might be able to transform into a playable one.

Full Review | Mar 19, 2008

I couldn't care less whether Smith's metaphysical conceits about the war between Good and Evil are those of a devout believer or an atheist. The bottom line is that they're puerile.

| Mar 19, 2008

Dogma is more strained than funny.

| Apr 27, 2007

Too talky, too fond of in-jokes, too caught up (especially during the dismally weak climax) in its crass comic-strip ethos, and not, finally, as funny, subversive or thought-provoking as it would like to be.

| Jan 26, 2006

As an ambitious and overreaching break with Smith's provincial milieu Dogma is a failed experiment, but a noble failure.

| Dec 2, 2002

Smith isn’t content merely to promote his own generic “faith”; he has to tell us, again and again, what’s wrong with orthodox Catholic belief.

| Original Score: F | May 8, 2002

A fresh premise gradually turns stale, and jokes that start out lively end up pooped.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 19, 2002

Thou shalt not stop laughing.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 10, 2001

If this is [Smith's] one 'message' movie, let's hope he has got it off his chest.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 24, 2001

One of the most intelligent, engaging, and gut-bustingly funny revelations to come along in a while.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 21, 2001

Smith has crammed the film with enough genuinely funny moments and insightful bits to make it well worth seeing.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Deliriously funny!

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Smith's comic allegory is overlong and confused, but his move from indie to mainstream deserves at least some credit.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Supremely moving!

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

The thrill of the movie -- and the reason you don't have to be religious to be caught up in it -- is the thrill of watching a director wrestle with his obsessions.

| Jan 1, 2000

Mercilessly funny!

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

A movie that oscillates wildly from amusing to hysterical in the sheer magnitude and uniqueness of its conception.

| Jan 1, 2000

Dogma is a raucous, profane but surprisingly endearing piece of work, a funny and lively film of ideas.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

It's smart and funny all the way.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Deliriously audacious, one-of-a-kind.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 1, 2000