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Title: Good idea, but too much violence detracts from satire
Review: This movie started with an intelligent, nervy idea, and is extremely well-cast. Trouble is, there's not enough cutting satire, and what there is gets overshadowed by some rather ugly scenes of ruthless violence. It doesn't matter how cute Matt Damon is, it's just not funny when he takes out a large handgun and blows innocent people's heads off. Ditto Ben Affleck, who's the lesser actor, and whose own adventure into bloodletting at the end ruined the film.Salma Hayek and Alan Rickman totally outclassed everyone else in the production. The Jay character was not as funny as we wanted him to be (note to Kevin Smith: you can be lewd, and you can be crude, but it ain't funny if it ain't delivered right).In short, not enough potshots at the church, and too many gunshots at the walk-ons.
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