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Highly Overrated But Still Good

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Review Date 1/26/2018PLEASE BEWARE OF SOME REVIEWERS THAT ONLY HAVE ONLY ONE REVIEW. WHEN ITS A POSITIVE THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE PRODUCTION. NOW I HAVE NO AGENDA! I REVIEW MOVIES & SPECIALS AS A WAY TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN! I HAVE DISCOVERED MANY GEMS IN MY QUEST TO SEE AS MANY " C H R I S T M A S " MOVIES AS I CAN. Now Someone keeps reporting my reviews. I guess they are jealous because I do tell the truth. I want to point out that I never make snide remarks about actors weight or real life sexual orientation. If there acting is terrible or limited "I talk about that". If a story is bad "I will mention that" So why am I being "picked on"? IMDB? When one of my reviews gets deleted IMDB will not even tell me what someone found offensive. Well on to this review.This film has a message but it is lost with this mans screaming and grand standing. What isn't covered in this is that there are many people like myself that don't overspend and love the Christmas Season. To me "Christmas Season" is my football season. "Christmas" helps me get through the rest of the year. Christmas is a time of living (for me) guilt free.The Rev. Billy Tallen and his Stop Shopping Choir embark on a cross-country crusade against the commercialization of Christmas is a good cause but isn't this film also made "To Make Money" and to spread the Billy Tallen's message?Now many people in the USA are not Church Goers but love Christmas. Christmas brings many people together and that is worth celebrating.Yes Americans overspend but they don't just overspend at Christmas. That is another point that is overlooked! It would have also helped if the Rev do not look like Heat Miser from "The Year without a Santa Claus"

What Would Jesus Buy? is a 90 minute film is well worth viewing. It began with a man who had a passion to wake up Americans about their out of control shopping. The concept grew in New York City. And he used a parody of preaching carry his message. He spoke to groups and at shopping settings. The church of Stop Shopping is a group of social activist with a timely message. The film deals with a month long journey across the country that climaxed on Christmas. It shows what they experienced along the way.The facts and figures of our collective addiction to consumerism were presented in a humorous and awakening way. It would be wise to view this as an individual, family and small group before the shopping madness leading up to Christmas. See the video here for free with a few short commercials http://snagfilms.com/films/watch/what_would_jesus_buy/3 Website for the movie http://wwjbmovie.com/ Trailer http://wwjbmovie.com/trailer.html The website of Rev. Billy http://www.revbilly.com/about_us/ Especially recommended for Any American, Parents, Pastors, Teachers, Those with credit card debt troubles

Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping saved me from the sin of racking up debt and spending money I don't have to secure the love of people who love me anyway this holiday season. This film is funny, important, and down right righteous. Follow the brave souls of the Stop Shopping Choir as they journey across this spoiled land of ours saving people from the evils of consumerism. Hear the amazing tales of people using credit cards to drown children with cheap, plastic toys from China. Witness the Revered Billy bravely absorb the evil magnetism of credit cards into his own body. Seriously, this is a really cool documentary, I saw it at Silver Docs in Washington DC and the audience loved it, the characters, the visuals, the story...all great. See it at a theater near you as soon as you can!

I just got home from the world premiere of WHAT WOULD Jesus BUY at SXSW. It received multiple standing ovations, especially when the audience was treated to a song by the Stop Shopping Choir. It wasn't just because of Morgan Spurlock, a festival favorite, was a producer. The film stands on it's own as a world class fun and informative documentary on the cancer of consumerism.Focusing on the anti-consumerism crusade the Church of Stop Shopping, director Rob VanAlkemade focuses on the irrepressible Reverend Billy while touching on the facts. At first Reverend Billy simply seems outrageous, but he quickly brings his message home, using comedy. VanAlkemade uses several experts, and even allows Wal-Mart representatives to counter points.This film is a Must-See before any shopping splurge. And you'll likely find you're going to spend more time researching where you shop and what you buy. Go out of your way to see this one!