Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: November 11, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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18
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8
Negative:
2
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80
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
For all its shock-driven, laugh-out-loud moments, what makes Jesus so entertaining is that it puts you in the presence of a dementedly sharp mind -- one that understands that leftist subversion doesn't have to coddle or breast-feed the choir. Read full review
80
SlateDavid Edelstein
It has its own explosively twisted originality. It's a geyser of exhilarating tastelessness. Read full review
80
Washington PostStephen Hunter
She is so funny she should come with a seven-day waiting period. Read full review
80
Dallas ObserverRobert Wilonsky
What makes Silverman a truly gifted comic is her timing and delivery. Read full review
75
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Sarah Silverman says things you wouldn't expect a nice, attractive Jewish girl to say. But that's only half her appeal. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Sarah Silverman is the most outrageously funny woman alive. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneAllison Benedikt
Pairing monumental insensitivity with a bright-eyed delivery, Silverman is the current valedictorian of the nothing-is-sacred school of comedy, a modern-day Lenny Bruce spared her forefather's legal woes by time, breasts and porcelain skin. Read full review
75
USA TodayClaudia Puig
She has been compared to Lenny Bruce because of her incendiary topics, but Silverman's style, capitalizing on her innocent smile and good looks, is her own. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
Funny, original, occasionally poignant and almost all of it too dirty to repeat in a newspaper. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Silverman is funny and, more often than not, so is the film. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Silverman is wickedly fast. Her timing kills. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
You see, in "Jesus Is Magic," Sarah Silverman plays "Sarah," a self-absorbed Jewish American Princess who also happens to be casually, cluelessly racist. Read full review
70
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Though Silverman's edginess never quite crosses into social consequence, she's a brilliant craftswoman on stage, blessed with crack timing and an ability to massage each line to maximum effect. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Sarah Silverman's cartoon bunny rabbit smile could make her the poster child for orthodontia, but it's her timing that's the real thing of beauty. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
It's the most exciting stand-up performance I've seen in years, yet in all honesty I can't say it made me laugh that much. Read full review
70
SalonStephanie Zacharek
The picture consists mostly of performance footage of Silverman, which, despite the fact that it's shot on grainy, anemic-looking digital video, is a pleasure to watch. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
If you're going to say the unsayable and stay charming while doing so, it helps to look more like Sarah Silverman than Andrew Dice Clay. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
How can such awful things come out of the mouth of such a pretty girl? Read full review
60
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Once you become accustomed to her material and begin to anticipate it, some of the shine comes off the act. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Ms. Silverman is a skilled performer, and Jesus Is Magic is occasionally very funny, but don't be fooled: naughty as she may seem, she's playing it safe. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
Sarah Silverman has a bright, toothy smile; a sweet, innocent demeanor; and the most outrageously impious sense of humor of any comedian working today. And I don't just mean she's dirty. (She's filthy.) She makes fun of things other comedians wouldn't acknowledge, let alone mock. Read full review
50
VarietyJoe Leydon
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic showcases the comic-actress in her familiar on-stage persona as a blithely self-involved Jewish American Princess whose penchant for perky vulgarity can be explosively funny or unnervingly shocking. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Definitely acquired-taste material and will perform best in the hipper, bigger rooms. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic works best when this equal-opportunity offender is on the stage. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
On stage, the attractive 34-year-old Silverman is very funny. She's too blue for Comedy Central, and too slow-paced for an HBO hour, but she'd come off better in either of those formats than she does in this mishmash. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
The transitions from performance to song and to reality are strained and awkward. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The hot comic du jour wants to startle us but is merely startlingly dull. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A movie that filled me with an urgent desire to see Sarah Silverman in a different movie. I liked everything about it except the writing, the direction, the editing and the lack of a parent or adult guardian. Read full review
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