For the Bible Tells Me So
First Run Features | Release Date: October 5, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Through the hard-won experiences of these families, Karslake shows that Scripture and homosexuality are not mutually exclusive, and with the help of a number of academics and theologians, shows how the Bible has been misread, particularly during the 20th century. Read full review
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Portland OregonianMarc Mohan
In this involving if slightly unfocused documentary, director Daniel Karslake takes a two-pronged approach in examining how religion has been interpreted -- some would say twisted -- into, at its worst, monomaniacal homophobia. Read full review
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SalonAndrew O'Hehir
A powerful documentary. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Bible doesn't take itself too seriously, and boasts a disarming undercurrent of gleeful prankishness. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid Wiegand
It works well as a film and a lesson about, as one open-minded preacher puts it, what the Bible "reads" about what it supposedly "says" about homosexuality. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneJessica Reaves
Doesn’t shy from heart-tugging opportunities, and there’s a five-minute cartoon embedded in the movie that should have been excised, but beyond those problems and some stylistic dead air, this is a compelling, thought-provoking portrait of a quiet challenge rising within America’s churches. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin Chang
Filmmaker Daniel Karslake lobs a grenade into the culture wars with his heartfelt, provocative and unabashedly polemical For the Bible Tells Me So. Read full review
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Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Daniel Karslake's movie is more human interest than agitprop. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
There is no denying that the film, however inelegant, fills a need. The inevitable DVD should be packaged in a plain cardboard sleeve, so that viewers can carry it in their pockets and, if confronted by a homophobe, hand it over and say, “Watch this, then get back to me.” Read full review
70
Washington PostStephen Hunter
A brisk, entertaining and even moving exploration of the sometimes frayed intersection where Christianity meets homosexuality. Read full review
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The film's argument against overly literal Bible readings may not preach to anyone but the converted, and when For the Bible Tells Me So strays from scripture, its ardent plea for sexual freedom within modern Christian life grows a bit too late-night PBS generic. Read full review
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