"Fast and funny...
"Reverend Billy is zany and energetic
enough to hold the attention
of those he’s preaching to — average to
extreme shoppers, many clueless as to what globalization means — long enough
for them to consider his crusade."
- Laura Kern, The New York Times
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"Part horror movie, part agitprop theater, 'What Would Jesus Buy?' is a documentary
on a mission."
- Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
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"Praise the lord and pass on the shopping"
- Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
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"This year, before being plunged into
the pine-scented inferno, I've found
salvation in a new movie..."
- Sara Stewart, NY Post
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Taking on Consumerism – Buy less give more: Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping.
ABC NEWS
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The new film is Reverend Billy's tour de farce—a ferociously satirical and cynical take on consumer culture, pegged to America's
most sacred spending season.
Newsweek
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"It's crazy talk, I know, but trust me,
it really is possible to enjoy the season without giving oneself over to the frenzy and anxiety of the shopping ritual."
Rod Dreher, Dallas Morning News
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With enough new recruits for the action, perhaps we need not be subjected to the Shopocalypse.
Walter Brueggemann,
professor emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary
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“As entertaining as it is jaw-dropping.”
- The Austin Chronicle
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“A brilliant documentary...
I truly loved this film...”
- Ain't It Cool News
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"Tremendously entertaining."
- Julia Wallace, Village Voice
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"heartwarming, inspiring, hysterical,
emotional and life changing"
- Campus Circle
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"Brilliant performance art"
- Eric Kohn, New York Press
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"Rob Van Alkemade's hilarious,
eye-opening documentary
'What Would Jesus Buy?' provides a
simple and surprisingly powerful
directive to the American people:
Stop Shopping."
- Marcy Dermansky, About.com
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"Reverend Billy and the authentically
soulful Church of Stop Shopping Choir are
a polished act… By the time they're done,
they've made a convincing case…"
- Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide
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"Combines vivid humor with sharp
social commentary."
- Rich Kline, Shadows on a Wall
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"It’s a comical cry in the silent night
against, as George Burns’ old song put it,
the trend towards using people and
loving things – instead of using things
and loving people."
- Telly Davidson, FilmStew.com
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"the passion that is evident
in the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir
is contagious and admirable.
Many Christian churches could learn
a few things from this secular outfit."
- Christianity Today
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"Yes, some may consider this blasphemy,
but call me a heretic; I just couldn't
pull myself away from it... I believe the effectiveness of a sermon is measured by
the ability to change hearts and minds
toward the greater good of an individual
and the world around them and
'What Would Jesus Buy?' surely does that."
- Beliefnet.com
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