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Narrative digressions on sex, race, politics, and more from comedienne Sarah Silverman.Narrative digressions on sex, race, politics, and more from comedienne Sarah Silverman.Narrative digressions on sex, race, politics, and more from comedienne Sarah Silverman.
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- TriviaSarah Silverman based this movie on acts she performed in New York and Los Angeles, according to an interview with NPR (November 9, 2005).
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Sarah Silverman: I was licking jelly off of my boyfriend's penis and all of a sudden I'm thinking, "Oh my God, I'm turning into my mother!"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy: Episode #1.1 (2006)
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Funny, but not spectacular
I saw this movie on opening night last night with moderately high expectations and not a lot of knowledge about Sarah Silverman. I left amused but disappointed. Ms. Silverman is entertainingly acerbic, but ALL of this movie's strong moments come from her stand-up, and the air completely goes out of the film when she goes into her mediocre, poorly integrated songs and set pieces. (And what's up with her repeating the same punchless lines over and over in her songs?)
In the end, "Jesus Is Magic" bogs down under the weight of its own pretension. It would seem better as an ordinary cable special, especially if you removed the fluff and focused on her stage show. The movie wants to present Silverman as something more than a mere comedian, but unfortunately fails -- the haphazard presentation and (especially) the atrocious-looking digital video (I challenge you to find a single sharply focused object in the entire movie) make it unworthy of a cinematic event.
In other words, it's worth seeing, but wait for cable or DVD.
In the end, "Jesus Is Magic" bogs down under the weight of its own pretension. It would seem better as an ordinary cable special, especially if you removed the fluff and focused on her stage show. The movie wants to present Silverman as something more than a mere comedian, but unfortunately fails -- the haphazard presentation and (especially) the atrocious-looking digital video (I challenge you to find a single sharply focused object in the entire movie) make it unworthy of a cinematic event.
In other words, it's worth seeing, but wait for cable or DVD.
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- Nov 12, 2005
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- Сара Сильверман: Иисус - это чудо
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,324,339
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $128,000
- Nov 13, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $1,343,259
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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