Product Details

• Actors: Julia Sweeney
• Directors: Julia Sweeney
• Format: NTSC, Surround Sound
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Indefatigable, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: November 21, 2008
• Run Time: 130 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (83 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001J21JRQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,988 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Letting Go of God" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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71 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have This Holiday Season!..., December 14, 2008

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S. W. Helms "Professor of Psychology" (San Ramon, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Letting Go of God (DVD)

I've watched this amazing show evolve over the years from a "work in progress" presented as "The God Monologue" to the Skeptics Society, to a one-woman show on the stage, to an audio book, and now culminating in a well honed DVD. There's a reason Julia Sweeney has received such praise from people like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens...in short, this is a work of sheer comedic genius! The woman has a savant-like ability to find the humor in pain and tragedy (e.g., "God Said, Ha!"), and she's done it again in "Letting Go of God."

Who else could take a personal journey of becoming an Atheist (which required the painful realization that there is no god, no afterlife, no heaven, no family members waiting on the Other Side, etc.) and make it into a side-splittingly funny monologue?! My favorite part is young Julia's outrage at learning about the "Age of Reason" (the age at which Catholics believe god begins keeping track of your sins) only AFTER she was 7 and her grace period was over! Hilarious! And although her journey began with Catholicism (and Catholics will laugh the hardest!), it's a story we can all relate to in our struggles with life's big questions.

Whether you're a Believer, an Atheist, a Humanist, or just someone who hasn't really thought about it, this DVD will pull at your heart strings, make you pee your pants laughing, and best of all, make you THINK.

42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very moving story, December 2, 2008

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Was2Be (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Letting Go of God (DVD)

This is a very well done show. While not spectacular in terms of cinematography, or even production, what is really impressive is the writing/organization of the soliloquy. It's dense, yet understandable, it's funny, and it's educational. Definitely thought provoking. Julia Sweeney gets a bit melodramatic at times, but does a excellent job of conveying her sincerity and portraying the honest conflict in herself as she experienced it originally (as opposed to reminiscing about it from the point of view of her current "self"). This comes across better in this video version than from the audio-only version: Letting Go of God. Julia can really draw the audience in. And all of this is especially impressive because it was filmed "live" during a single performance. This is a very moving story that will stimulate a lot of thought and conversation.

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Letting Go - with thoughtful laughter, November 7, 2008

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P. J. Sander "PJSander" (Beach town, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Letting Go of God (DVD)

I saw the stage show as it was being filmed for this DVD. Ms. Sweeney's insightful, mildly irreverent look at religion in her life, as well as world religions, allows the audience to question what beliefs they may have as they enjoy the humor from her life. To say, "I laughed, I cried," would be a cliche. But... I did! The performance is simply stunning.