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Pierce Brosnan, Jennifer Connelly, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei. A drug addict turned born-again Christian finds himself at odds with the pastor of a mega church who has secrets of his own to hide.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
A good dark comedy but I have to remember just because the cast is great doesn't mean the movie will be. I say B-
August 1, 2012
By Tony Heck
Format:DVD
"I am the anointed servant of God and I tell you to be silent!" Deadhead turned born-again-Christian Carl (Kinnear) is friends with the pastor of his local mega-church Dan Day (Brosnan) and is invited to accompany him to scientist Dr. Paul Blaylock's (Harris) house for a discussion. When a terrible accident happens Carl finds himself fingered in the incident and does everything he can to prove he is innocent. Things aren't always easy though. Having never seen a preview for this I was excited for this based off the cast alone. While I will say this is a good movie and a very dark comedy I was a little disappointed. The main flaw this had was that the movie had a good idea but had only ten minutes of it. There was a lot of repeating going on and a few scenes that seemed like they were only put in to increase the running time. I have to say that Brosnan and Kinnear played very similar parts to the ones they played in "The Matador" (which is a better movie) but it seems to fit them. It may sound like I'm bashing this movie. I don't mean to if that's how it comes off. I did enjoy it and laughed a few times but based off the cast I was a little disappointed (but after movies like "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Son Of No One" I need to stop thinking just because the cast is great means the movie will be great.) Overall, a decent dark comedy that is worth watching but tone down your expectations. I give it a B-.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Oldgizman
Format:Amazon Instant Video|Amazon Verified Purchase
Purchased this flic for $1.99 on sale not knowing what to expect. While watching the opening credits I saw Marisa Tomei was in it (I love her). Was very pleasantly suprized by the movie and the plot, this is not a movie for the hard core "reborn" christian audience as it pokes fun at the whole televangalist world. Religious insanity is the theme and it is done amazingly well and is very, very funny. Cannot say much more without being a spoiler but as they used to say in the Life cereal commercials "try it you will like it".
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Watching Salvation Boulevard, I realized that satire was never going to be the funniest form of comedy. Ever since Swift penned A Modest Proposal, whatever laughs there are in these dark artistic works have been nervous and mixed with horror and revulsion.
So it is with "Salvation Boulevard," not the darkest comedy I've ever seen, but plenty dark, disturbing, and sometimes violent. But in the service of deflating piety, hypocrisy, and egomania, the atmosphere feels entirely appropriate.
The movie starts with a debate between Pastor Dan Day (Pierce Brosnan) and atheist Peter Blaylock (Ed Harris). Having watched similar debates between various clerics and religious apologists and the likes Richard Dawkins and the late, great Christopher Hitchens, the script and direction gets the tone mostly right and mines the hubris and false confidence (of both parties) for laughs. The scene also serves to introduce us to most of the key characters, including Carl Vanderveer (Greg Kinnear), a former Deadhead who has had a radical conversion to an evangelical form of Christianity and married a seemingly holy woman, who has a saner-than-she-should be teen daughter.
Not nearly as broad as "Saved!"--a satire in a similar vein--"Boulevard" deals with Pastor Dan accidentally shooting atheist Blaylock (which rather than killing him, puts him in a coma) and trying to pin the shooting on Carl. Because all of this happens within the opening minutes of the movie, no spoiler alert was called for, but from that point on the surprises begin to stack up and to say more would be to rob the reader of those moments of shock and humor.... Read more ›
So it is with "Salvation Boulevard," not the darkest comedy I've ever seen, but plenty dark, disturbing, and sometimes violent. But in the service of deflating piety, hypocrisy, and egomania, the atmosphere feels entirely appropriate.
The movie starts with a debate between Pastor Dan Day (Pierce Brosnan) and atheist Peter Blaylock (Ed Harris). Having watched similar debates between various clerics and religious apologists and the likes Richard Dawkins and the late, great Christopher Hitchens, the script and direction gets the tone mostly right and mines the hubris and false confidence (of both parties) for laughs. The scene also serves to introduce us to most of the key characters, including Carl Vanderveer (Greg Kinnear), a former Deadhead who has had a radical conversion to an evangelical form of Christianity and married a seemingly holy woman, who has a saner-than-she-should be teen daughter.
Not nearly as broad as "Saved!"--a satire in a similar vein--"Boulevard" deals with Pastor Dan accidentally shooting atheist Blaylock (which rather than killing him, puts him in a coma) and trying to pin the shooting on Carl. Because all of this happens within the opening minutes of the movie, no spoiler alert was called for, but from that point on the surprises begin to stack up and to say more would be to rob the reader of those moments of shock and humor.... Read more ›
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
4.5 stars
I found this unexpectedly hilarious, but should have known Gaffigan wouldn't pick a dog; he's quietly funny here and no doubt headed for a hot pocket acting career. Brosnan is perfect, as are Harris and Connelly and pretty much everyone, and Kinnear brings it all together with a typically crisp nice-guy-done-wrong performance, playing straight man so everyone else can get the laughs.
And there are plenty, due to a tight script that moves along briskly while dropping all sorts of uncomfortable truth bombs along the way. But what really sells this flick is the excellent cinematography. There are many scenes with unique and unexpected lighting, often keeping one side of a face in darkness, which works symbolically and graphically, giving the film a somewhat noir feel at times in contrast to the many brightly lit outdoor shots.
This sort of duality is constant, and director Ratliff clearly knew precisely what he was going for, and got it. He assembled a wonderful cast and coaxed sharp performances from everybody---and how did he get Hinds, a truly great classical actor? The guy can sure be funny too, and I'd love to see more of him in these bit parts. His face has so much character. Ditto the unfairly forgotten Tomei, who needs to be in plenty more movies; she brings such a good feel to her roles, likable in the nicest way, like Kinnear. He can go from near-slapstick to real feeling in a blink, and that helps Salvation Boulevard work as well as it does.
Ratliff really nailed this one, with so many details spot on. He even picked a couple of exceptional and apropos GD live jams for the soundtrack, instead of the usual studio fare.... Read more ›
I found this unexpectedly hilarious, but should have known Gaffigan wouldn't pick a dog; he's quietly funny here and no doubt headed for a hot pocket acting career. Brosnan is perfect, as are Harris and Connelly and pretty much everyone, and Kinnear brings it all together with a typically crisp nice-guy-done-wrong performance, playing straight man so everyone else can get the laughs.
And there are plenty, due to a tight script that moves along briskly while dropping all sorts of uncomfortable truth bombs along the way. But what really sells this flick is the excellent cinematography. There are many scenes with unique and unexpected lighting, often keeping one side of a face in darkness, which works symbolically and graphically, giving the film a somewhat noir feel at times in contrast to the many brightly lit outdoor shots.
This sort of duality is constant, and director Ratliff clearly knew precisely what he was going for, and got it. He assembled a wonderful cast and coaxed sharp performances from everybody---and how did he get Hinds, a truly great classical actor? The guy can sure be funny too, and I'd love to see more of him in these bit parts. His face has so much character. Ditto the unfairly forgotten Tomei, who needs to be in plenty more movies; she brings such a good feel to her roles, likable in the nicest way, like Kinnear. He can go from near-slapstick to real feeling in a blink, and that helps Salvation Boulevard work as well as it does.
Ratliff really nailed this one, with so many details spot on. He even picked a couple of exceptional and apropos GD live jams for the soundtrack, instead of the usual studio fare.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good fun!
This film was just plain old good fun! Not oscar stuff,just a funny film with a great cast! Really makes you think.
Published 7 hours ago by alton
2.0 out of 5 stars
Tolerable -
This religious satire involves a modern-day evangelical Pastor Dan Day, who accidentally shoots atheist Dr. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Loyd E. Eskildson
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT FILM that didi not do too well.
Unbelivably good film which was undercritized. Fine cast and good story - well directed and great acting - Go and see it & you will love it.
Published 25 days ago by Hugo Rincewind
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, lighthearted satire of "big business religion"
Greg Kinnear stars as Carl Vandermeer, an ex-deadhead, recently converted to Christianity. He is a devoted member of charismatic pastor Dan Day (Pierce Brosnan)'s megachurch. Read more
Published 2 months ago by NoWireHangers
5.0 out of 5 stars
great movie
Good Story great cast like how it all came together. the whole cast really play there part 5 stars for this movie
Published 2 months ago by Sammy Richards
3.0 out of 5 stars
Only bought it for one reason and it wasn't to watch it
My mother is an artist and one of the tea kettles she painted was in this movie. I got the movie for her as a gift.
Published 3 months ago by Thom Carey
4.0 out of 5 stars
My husband, the movie star
We are fortunate to know the executive producer of this movie, and we were eager to own the movie to see whether my husband appeared in it or whether he ended up on the proverbial... Read more
Published 3 months ago by maggie
2.0 out of 5 stars
don't waste your time
I understand 'Hollywood' doesn't like Christians, but trying to make a movie to put them all in a bad light is just dumb. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Rita Murphy
1.0 out of 5 stars
Salvation Blvd.
What a stupid movie! Not only didn't I like it but my parts in it (I was an extra) were cut. Plus it was in litigation so long (for what I don't understand) that I was doubly... Read more
Published 5 months ago by brenda k. bennett
5.0 out of 5 stars
Underrated and discriminated
This movie was great. I liked it a lot. People think it's bad but it's not. Give it a shot.
Deadheads beware. This is a dare. Don't be scared. Try it. Read more
Deadheads beware. This is a dare. Don't be scared. Try it. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Newbn
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