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John Doe Jersey
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Barret Hackney | ... |
Stygian Triplet
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Jared Pfennigwerth | ... |
Stygian Triplet
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| Kitao Sakurai | ... |
Stygian Triplet
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| Brian O'Halloran | ... |
Grant Hicks
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Dan Etheridge | ... |
Priest at St. Stephen's
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Derek Milosavljevic | ... |
Kissing Couple
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Lesley Braden | ... |
Kissing Couple
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Marie Elena O'Brien | ... |
Clinic Girl
(scenes deleted) (as MarieElena O'Brien)
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An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is enlisted to prevent two angels from reentering Heaven and thus undoing the fabric of the universe. Along the way, she is aided by two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob. With the help of Rufus, the 13th Apostle, they must stop those who stand in their way and prevent the angels from entering Heaven. Written by Jerel Parenton <J.W.Parenton@student.tcu.edu>
I am a huge Kevin Smith fan and after seeing this film I can say that it was everything I hoped it would be, and a little bit more. It's extremely well written and directed. The film has the same great comedy we're used to from Kevin Smith, but he shows that he has another dimension that I don't think many people thought was there.
Jay and Silent Bob have their biggest role so far. Jay has some of his laugh out loud funniest one liners yet. But what really makes this a great film is that it is genuinely thought provoking.
There are religious people out there who will criticize this film as being anti religion, anti Catholicism, when it is anything but (well, a little anti Cathlic maybe). The central theme to the film is that there is a God, but not the God that most people know (or think they know) or believe in. The characters in the film are trying to get the message across that people have changed the original God, man has made God into the image they want him/her to be, made their own religious rules, rules that God never intended. From a strictly biblical standpoint, Smith is right on, which is not something that can be said about many films dealing with religion. And isn't that the entire point to Christianity, that it's based on the bible.