2007PG

What Would Jesus Buy?

Name: What Would Jesus Buy?
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2007-03-11
Rating: 5.9

Documentary1h 31m

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56%

Tomatometer

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60%

Popcornmeter

5.9

TMDB

Storyline

A serious docu-comedy about the commercialization of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt!

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Details

DirectorRob VanAlkemade

ReleasedMar 11, 2007

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guidePGUS

Studios

Palisades PicturesWarrior PoetsWider Film Projects

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

2 fresh · 3 rotten

Critics consensus

“WWJB is an eye opening doc about consumerism that manages to be both funny and informative.”

56% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

J. R. Jones

RTChicago ReaderJan 3, 2008

The good reverend and his crew do their best to get busted at assorted corporate shrines (Disneyland, the Mall of America), but their media-driven antics serve only to underline Spurlock's add-water-and-stir approach to political documentary.

Ann Hornaday

RTWashington PostDec 6, 2007

What Would Jesus Buy? is must-see viewing for anyone who thinks of Christmas as just a mall and its night visitors.

Carrie Rickey

RTPhiladelphia InquirerDec 6, 2007

WWJB? encourages viewers to think outside the big box of super stores such as Wal-Mart.

Ian Buckwalter

RTDCistJun 12, 2010

In WWJB, we don't really feel like we get to know anyone that well, not even the primary subjects of the film: Billy and his choir.