Dogma

Released: 1999
Comedy
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Running Time: 130 minutes
Rated: R

The breakdown: A seemingly average woman is called upon by God to save humanity from two fallen angels who are trying to get back into Heaven.

I don't know how to feel about this movie.  I did chuckle a couple times, but it wasn't super funny.  It's definitely full of crass humor, sex and drug references, lots of violence, and some interesting ideas about religion and God.

The main plot is that this abortion clinic worker has lost her faith and is recovering from a divorce when she is approached by the voice of god, played by Alan Rickman, to help save humanity.  At first she doesn't believe she's the chosen one, but events that unfurl soon after change her mind.  She has to stop two fallen angels from getting back into Heaven and she needs to find two prophets to help her along the way.

Obviously this is a controversial movie since it has anything to do with religion (which is such a ridiculous taboo in this country) but anyway, I know anyone who wants to see it has to be open minded to fully ingest all of it.
I'd say see it unless you're a religious nut, and then I'd probably say skip because it'll probably make your head explode.
3 out of 5 for being full of interesting ideas about God, but I wish it had been a bit more mature and little less crass.