Dogma (1999)

Dogma rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 239K votes

Rotten Tomatoes72%

Metacritic62%

TMDb6.929/10· 3K votes

With 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 62/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Dogma

An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and reenter Heaven.

Cast of Dogma

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  Ben Affleck

  as Bartleby

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  Matt Damon

  as Loki

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  Linda Fiorentino

  as Bethany

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  Salma Hayek Pinault

  as Serendipity

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  Jason Lee

  as Azrael

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  Jason Mewes

  as Jay

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  Alan Rickman

  as Metatron

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  Chris Rock

  as Rufus

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  George Carlin

  as Cardinal Glick

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  Bud Cort

  as John Doe Jersey

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  Alanis Morissette

  as God

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  Jeff Anderson

  as Gun Salesman

Dogma facts

Budget

$10M

Box office

$33.5M

Our take on Dogma

Kevin Smith's 1999 fantasy-comedy sends an abortion-clinic worker with a special heritage on an unlikely mission: stopping two renegade angels who have found a loophole to reenter Heaven, a move that would inadvertently negate all of existence. True to Smith, the theology arrives wrapped in profane banter, road-trip absurdity and pointed jabs at organized religion, so its irreverence is the point rather than an accident. It suits viewers who enjoy talky, ideas-driven comedy unafraid to argue about faith, and who don't mind adventure that stops to debate its own premise. Come for the gleeful provocation and the freewheeling mix of the sacred and the crude.