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!
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
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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
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WWJB? encourages viewers to think outside the big box of super stores such as Wal-Mart.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
6 Dec 2007
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What Would Jesus Buy? is paved with good intentions...
– Ted Fry,
Seattle Times,
30 Nov 2007
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Fake collar or not, he makes a pretty good preacher.