Religulous, the new anti-religion documentary by TV talker Bill Maher, is neither funny nor insightful, according to Biola’s Craig Hazen:
Maher is pitching this film as mavericky – telling the truth about religion that everyone else is afraid to address. But Religulous is nothing more than filthy, nudie, druggie, and obtusey. There is little to laugh at and nothing to learn (except maybe that if you quit being religulous you get to act like Caligulous).
Nor is it all that profitable, grossing just under $4 million so far. This trails by far Fireproof, an unabashedly religious flick that has raked in about $13 million (albeit entering theaters a week earlier).
Now that’s funny.
