13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Heresy (but not Blasphemy) at its Divine Best!, February 6, 2007
A long time ago, I happened to catch an HBO Comedy Special called "Pale Blue Scottish Person". It was on at around 3 in the morning, and I was having one of my bouts with insomnia. Never had my insomnia paid off such dividends. The comic in question was one Billy Connolly, whom I had never heard of, but immediately fell in love with.
In the years that followed, I kept seeing Billy pop up here and there, and he finally landed on US Television (The poor sod), as Howard Hesseman's replacement on "Head Of The Class". Again, this slightly skewed Scotsman destroyed me.
Last week, I was scanning through my "Video On Demand" and caught sight of "The Man Who Sued God." The title alone was enough to intrigue, so I punched it up.
...And a new love affair with an older, more grizzled, yet equally loveable Connolly began.
The plot, in a nutshell (no spoilers): A fisherman's boat is struck by lightning, the insurance company calls it an "act of God", so the fisherman takes God to court, in the person of the church, which is, after all, God's representative on earth.
With the exception of one rather lame plot point (that being that the fisherman was once a lawyer, so he gets to plead his own case, with all the cinematic hilarity (and, a bit of pathos) that ensues, "The Man Who Sued God" will please mostly everyone who has ever asked the "Eternal Questions".
Without giving anything away, the greatest moment in the film is when "The Church" realizes that, to have no responsibility in the case of the fisherman's boat, they must prove that God does NOT exist! BRILLIANT!
For friends of Connolly, enemies of the Church, or just those who love a truly divine comedy....buy this film TODAY!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
"...a brilliant day all round", October 3, 2008
Steve Meyers has got some really awful luck. He is a retired attorney in Australia and he has decided to cash in all his money to live a happy peaceful life upon his boat. Unfortunately his boat is destroyed in a strong thunder storm. He figures, no problem I'll talk to my insurance fella and get this cleared up. If you ever had your insurance claim denied you will relate when he is told that it was an act of God. So he decides to sue God to recoup his losses. To sue God, you sue his trusty earthly servants, the only way that they can win the case is to prove that God doesn't exist? There is a very uncomfortable problem.
The movie does not make fun of the church or God. His real beef is with insurnace companies using God as a loophole. It's clever, and witty. Judy Davis is great as Anna, and Billy Connolly is always a good time. Is this the best ever legal movie, no. It doesn't claim to be either, it's fun, watch with a light heart.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
What fun!, August 23, 2007
I had just been told by my insurance company that, if my neighbor's dead tree falls on my roof, it's an Act of God. After going on a 2-hour rant, I discovered that Billy Connolly does it better! What a sweet, funny film!
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