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Religulous

The truth is near.

Comedian Bill Maher teams up with the director of Borat to take a look at religion around the world. Focusing mainly on religions familiar to western audiences, he interviews assorted believers, asking them difficult questions about what they believe and why. Naturally the interviewees do end up looking rather silly, as Bill inserts subtitles and video clips in the editing room to express his opinion on their views.

102 minutes, No persons under 18 (Language, Prejudice, Blasphemy)
Documentary, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Bill Maher, Steve Burg, George Coyne, Jerry Cummings

Director

Larry Charles

Screenplay

Bill Maher

Cinematography

Anthony Hardwick

Editing

Jeff Groth, Christian Kinnard, Jeffrey M. Werner

Sound formats

Dolby Digital

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Thousand Words

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Documentary, religious
Language	Strong
Nudity	Brief
Sex	Innuendo in language
Violence	Moderate
Prejudice	Strong
Blasphemy	Strong
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

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Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
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Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarZane Henry

Die BurgerLe Roux Schoeman

Cape TimesKenneth Turan

The CitizenDavid Jenkin

Sunday TimesBarry Ronge

24.comIvan Sadler

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert Bill Maher offers his opinionated take on the world’s religions, and it’s not going to please true believers of any stripe.

eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman Larry Charles' Religulous is a semi-documentary that uses the majority of its subjects as punchlines in a joke they're not in on.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs On the Road to Nowhere, courtesy of the Talking Heads.

Metacritic.com30 critics

RottenTomatoes.com108 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Religulous is funny and offensive in equal measure, and aims less to change hearts and minds than to inspire conversation.

Internet (IMDB)4687 Netizens Fantastic

Average .. 55%

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