I’m a relative latecomer to Kevin Smith films. I’ve seen Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and know of (and have seen bits of) the others, but for some reason have never got round to watching the rest. So I saw Dogma today.
The plot is suitably far-fetched. A down-the-line relative of Jesus is charged with the task of preventing two misguided fallen angels from unintentionally bringing about the end of everything, while God is missing, presumed dead, following a skee-ball “holiday”.
As an intelligent film, it’s head and shoulders above Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. There’s a lot of real “fact” involved, particularly the angelic hierarchy and the mythos behind characters such as Loki. It’s all lampooned, and if you’re Catholic you might find it a bit disturbing, but it’s clever as well as funny. Perhaps less funny than Jay and Silent Bob, but then it is funny in a different way.
Verdict: 4/5
