A hilarious movie

There was a time when, for my job, I was working on a late shift and since there was virtually nothing to do, I would watch movies. For this purpose, I would buy a whole bunch of very cheap DVDs to watch during this late shift. Eventually, I watched an incredible amount of garbage but there were a few exceptions and this movie was definitely one of them. Indeed, I really enjoyed this flick and I thought it was really hilarious. Seriously, it had been a while since I have laughed so much when watching a movie. On the other hand, I have to admit it, even if Bill Maher made some good points and displayed some solid arguments, the movie was definitely very manipulative, sometimes arrogant and even really mean with the people interviewed. Fortunately, I don't believe in God but I completely understand that believers would be offended by this movie. Furthermore, in the second half, Bill Maher starts to discuss other religions and, even though I understand what they were aiming for ('all religions are pretty much messed up'), it was really uneven and rather misguided. Indeed, what was great about the first half is that Bill Maher was raised as a Christian and, like me, spent all his life in this culture drenched in Christianity. Therefore, when Maher talks about the Bible or Jesus Christ with some religious fanatics, he knows more or less what he is talking about and makes the whole thing really sharp and insightful. However, when the movie starts to deal with Judaism or Islam, he obviously has no idea about what he is dealing with so the end-result was rather cringe-inducing. But still, what a funny movie... Indeed, in spite of its flaws, I thought the whole thing was really interesting and quite hilarious and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

8/10