Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Rocky Mountain Pictures | Release Date: April 18, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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50
VarietyJustin Chang
While roving interviewer Ben Stein extracts some choice soundbites from scientists on both sides of the creation-vs.-evolution debate, the film's flippant approach undermines the seriousness of its discourse, trading less in facts than in emotional appeals. Read full review
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New York PostKyle Smith
It puts a conservative twist on Michael Moore-ism, with campy stock footage, deadpan humor, mocking musical cues and less-than-ingenuous questions. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
While he gets points for addressing the debate, the way in which Stein goes about it undermines his efforts to be even-handed and intellectually rigorous.
38
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
It's hard to pinpoint what's most insulting about this obvious propaganda piece. Read full review
30
Village VoiceVadim Rizov
Bizarre and hysterical. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Expelled is an unprincipled propaganda piece that insults believers and nonbelievers alike. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMark Olsen
As a work of nonfiction filmmaking it is a sham and as agitprop it is too flimsy to strike any serious blows. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Managing to make the films of Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock look like dry, scholarly treatises by comparison, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed more than lives up to its subtitle. Read full review
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Chicago ReaderReece Pendleton
A straightforward account of the debate between evolutionists and ID proponents might have been both entertaining and enlightening; instead this follows the avuncular Ben Stein (who cowrote the movie) as he jet-sets around the globe trying to prove that a cabal of Darwinians has conspired to destroy academic freedom. Read full review
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Entertainment WeeklyAdam Markovitz
Regardless of your personal views, Expelled's heavy-handed bias (a visit to Darwin's home gets the same eerie music as a tour of Dachau) is exasperating. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
Stein's schlumpy presence is disarming, though his know-it-all nature is at odds with his free-speech posing. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Make Ben Stein some more money (and get a good, mordant chuckle while you're at it) by checking out this loopy, factually befuddled documentary that should manage the not-inconsiderable feat of insulting Christians, Jews, Muslims, and those nutty sci-guys who go in for Darwin by way of bad teeth and Einsteinian hair styles. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubSteven Hyden
Surely there's a more nuanced argument to be made in favor of ID than pinning the old "bad as Hitler" canard on pro-evolution scientists? Read full review
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