Dogma (1999) on Netflix
R19992h 10mAdventureComedyFantasy
Two fallen angels banished to Wisconsin find a loophole back into Heaven, though their return would undo all existence. Metatron sends abortion clinic counselor Bethany Sloane to stop them.
- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb7.3/10242,838 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes68%
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Plot summary
Loki and Bartleby are fallen angels, banished to Wisconsin after Loki, at Bartleby's suggestion, gave up his post as the Angel of Death. An anonymous newspaper clipping tells them that Cardinal Ignatius Glick will rededicate a church in Red Bank, New Jersey, and that anyone attending the festivities receives a plenary indulgence. They mean to take part and then die in human form, forcing God to readmit them. Bethany Sloane, an abortion clinic counselor in McHenry, Illinois, is visited by Metatron, the voice of God, who warns that the angels' success would disprove God's infallibility and undo all creation. The prophets Jay and Silent Bob, the thirteenth apostle Rufus and Serendipity, the Muse, join her in keeping the two out of the church.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dogma (1999)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- After Dogma went out of print, it was unavailable to stream or buy digitally because Bob and Harvey Weinstein personally owned the rights; after Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction and 23-year sentence, Smith reportedly offered Bob $5 million for home video rights, but Bob refused.
- The Catholic League and other religious groups denounced Dogma as blasphemous; other groups staged protests outside theaters, and director Kevin Smith attended one, pretending to be opposed to his own movie.
- Jason Mewes memorized not only his own dialogue but the entire Dogma screenplay because he "didn't want to piss off that Rickman dude," after Smith warned him there were real actors.
- Jason Lee was initially attached to play Loki in Dogma, but Matt Damon got the role due to his chemistry with Affleck in Good Will Hunting; Lee then received Azrael because of scheduling conflicts with Mumford.
- Emma Thompson was originally attached to play God in Dogma, but had to withdraw from the role when she became pregnant.
- Smith described a deleted Dogma scene in which Silent Bob fought a badly burned triplet and the Golgothan; test audiences thought there was "too much Golgothan," and the film already ran over two hours, so it was cut.
