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What Would Jesus Buy?

Documentary - 2007
What Would Jesus Buy?
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A serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
91 min
Release date:
11 Mar 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
The good reverend and his crew do their best to get busted at assorted corporate shrines (Disneyland, the Mall of America), but their media-driven antics serve only to underline Spurlock's add-water-and-stir approach to political documentary.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
3 Jan 2008
fresh:
What Would Jesus Buy? is must-see viewing for anyone who thinks of Christmas as just a mall and its night visitors.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
6 Dec 2007
fresh:
WWJB? encourages viewers to think outside the big box of super stores such as Wal-Mart.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
6 Dec 2007
fresh:
What Would Jesus Buy? is paved with good intentions...
– Ted Fry,
Seattle Times,
30 Nov 2007
fresh:
Fake collar or not, he makes a pretty good preacher.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
29 Nov 2007
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