What Would Jesus Buy?. Rob VanAlkemade. 2007.
Whaaa. It’s a documentary by that Supersize Me guy? Why did I buy this? I hate modern American documentaries: They’re snippet, snippet, snippet with some officious deep male voice telling you how outrageous everything is.
Or… Oh, it isn’t. It’s a mocumentary? Well, that makes more sense. I mean, for me to have bought this DVD.
So it’s a… fake group of evangelicals? That tour around the US trying to convince people to shop less?
It’s tedious. And they often use slightly fish-eyed lenses making everybody look weird.
But there are some entertaining scenes. And the scene with the girls who tried to determine where their clothes were made was quite affecting. And exorcising Walmart was great.
So: the first 45 minutes are unnecessary, but it gets better.
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