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1999 · comedy · satire · fantasy

Dogma

Directed by Kevin Smith2h 10m1999
ElsewhereIMDb7.3239kRT72%Metacritic62TMDB6.93k
  • warm
  • brisk
  • inventive
  • funny
Movie DNA

Warm, breathless, measured comedy / satire, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.

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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.

Our read · Dogma (1999) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive comedy · satire · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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You want foul-mouthed theological satire with Smith dialogue and big questions.

ends upliftingyou’ll be fine aftera rollercoastergrips by minute 20attention 3/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-updrug use

Skip it tonightBlasphemous jokes and comic-book religion will offend or exhaust you.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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