Two fallen angels who were ejected from paradise find themselves banned in Wisconsin. They are now headed for New Jersey where they find a loophole that can get them back into heaven. The only catch is that it will destroy humanity. A group bands together to stop them.
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- BruceJuly 7, 2026It's a 4-star movie because it's fearless, endlessly quotable, and somehow turns religion, philosophy, crude comedy, and genuine heart into one wildly entertaining ride. The cast is phenomenal, the dialogue crackles, and it dares to ask big questions without taking itself too seriously. That said, if you judged it purely on filmmaking, it probably deserves a 3 out of 5. The pacing stumbles, the budget shows its age, some performances are uneven, and a few jokes land with the grace of a shopping cart missing a wheel. Yet those flaws somehow become part of its charm. Dogma isn't great because it's polished. It's great because it's messy, ambitious, hilarious, and completely unapologetic about what it wants to be. Sometimes personality beats perfection, much to the annoyance of film school graduates everywhere.
- Sean BellJanuary 12, 2026A critical piece of movie history, with Matt & Ben, Jay & Bob somehow coexisting with their wildly different comedic styles. A little bit of dated humour, but the premise is solid, and the social commentary holds up. Light hearted and dark at the same time, just the way I like it.
- vangh1July 29, 2025Re-visited this in theatre for the re-release, having not seen it for approximately 20 years but having fond memories of it. Having seen a couple of interviews with Kevin Smith where he insists Dogma isn't meant to be an inflammatory work lambasting religion, it's really clear that that's true. Of course, he takes a lot of creative liberties with the good book as well, in the name of interesting storytelling, and he is just an irreverent storyteller by nature so it's nonetheless no surprise how much negative backlash this has seen. He also described it as a bible story by way of badass superheroes and super villains and it's easy see the overlap there for sure. This time around I was struck by how 90% of the dialogue in this thing is either exposition or a throwaway joke (the former being necessary given the marriage of high concept plot and religious mythology, the latter because Kevin Smith) but it still works because the idea and execution are just that fun, and because the other 10% of dialogue is pretty much every character getting at least one badass monologue.
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Dogma was released on November 12, 1999.
Dogma was directed by Kevin Smith.
Dogma has a runtime of 2h 10m.
Dogma was produced by Scott Mosier.
Two fallen angels who were ejected from paradise find themselves banned in Wisconsin. They are now headed for New Jersey where they find a loophole that can get them back into heaven. The only catch is that it will destroy humanity. A group bands together to stop them.
The key characters in Dogma are Bartleby (Ben Affleck), Loki (Matt Damon), Bethany (Linda Fiorentino).
Dogma is rated R.
Dogma is a Comedy, Drama, Fantasy film.
Dogma has an audience rating of 8.5 out of 10.
Dogma had a budget of $10M.
Dogma has made $33.5M at the box office.