DOGMA Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy) brings his decidely absurdist sensibility to a comedy of truly cosmological proportions. Two renegade angels (Matt Damon and Ben Affleck), long ago tossed out of heaven, discover what they think is a loophole in church dogma that will allow them return to paradise. All they have to do is pass through a certain portal at a certain time in a certain New Jersey cathedral; the problem (ours, no theirs) is that by doing so they’ll upset the divine order and obliterate humanity in the process. Standing the way of utter disaster are a woman having a crisis of faith (Linda Fiorentino), a hitherto unknown 13th Apostle (Chris Rock), a heavenly Muse (Salma Hayek) and two unlikely prophets known as Jay and Silent Bob. Delirously imaginative and full of offbeat, outrageous humor, Dogma nevertheless conveys a very human, very touching sense of awe in the face of the eternal mysteries of faith. 125 minutes. USA, 1999

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