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Religulous
2008
**½
Director: Larry Charles
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Bill Maher, American comedian and TV personality, is vehemently against all religion. In this documentary, he travels to famous holy sites and religious theme parks to talk to various people in order to understand why billions of people across the world accept the imaginative scriptures without a hint of doubt. He mainly focuses on Christianity and its stories about talking snakes and God's son who was sent on Earth on a suicide mission. The film is often very funny, but Maher's interviewees are pretty easy targets. His goal is not to hear them out but to ridicule them. He doesn't even allow them to finish their sentences unless he agrees with them. This documentary entertains for 100 minutes, but it is not going to convert anyone.