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54
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53
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51
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49
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48
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47
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47
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46
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45
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43
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43
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43
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41
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39
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37
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36
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36
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36
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35
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35
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For the Bible Tells Me So
First Run Features
MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring
Mary Lou Wallner,
Richard Gephardt,
and
Desmond Tutu
Through the experiences of five very normal, very Christian, very American families -- including those of former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt and Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson -- we discover how insightful people of faith handle the realization of having a gay child. Informed by such respected voices as Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harvard's Peter Gomes, Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg and Reverend Jimmy Creech, For the Bible Tells Me So offers healing, clarity and understanding to anyone caught in the cross-hairs of scripture and sexual identity. (First Run Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Documentary
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Helen R. Mendoza
Daniel G. Karslake
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Daniel G. Karslake
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: October 5, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
95 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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88
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Through the hard-won experiences of these families, Karslake shows that Scripture and homosexuality are not mutually exclusive, and with the help of a number of academics and theologians, shows how the Bible has been misread, particularly during the 20th century.

83
Portland Oregonian
Marc Mohan
In this involving if slightly unfocused documentary, director Daniel Karslake takes a two-pronged approach in examining how religion has been interpreted -- some would say twisted -- into, at its worst, monomaniacal homophobia.

80
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
A powerful documentary.

75
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Bible doesn't take itself too seriously, and boasts a disarming undercurrent of gleeful prankishness.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
David Wiegand
It works well as a film and a lesson about, as one open-minded preacher puts it, what the Bible "reads" about what it supposedly "says" about homosexuality.

75
Chicago Tribune
Jessica Reaves
Doesn’t shy from heart-tugging opportunities, and there’s a five-minute cartoon embedded in the movie that should have been excised, but beyond those problems and some stylistic dead air, this is a compelling, thought-provoking portrait of a quiet challenge rising within America’s churches.

70
The New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
There is no denying that the film, however inelegant, fills a need. The inevitable DVD should be packaged in a plain cardboard sleeve, so that viewers can carry it in their pockets and, if confronted by a homophobe, hand it over and say, “Watch this, then get back to me.”

70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
A brisk, entertaining and even moving exploration of the sometimes frayed intersection where Christianity meets homosexuality.

70
Variety
Justin Chang
Filmmaker Daniel Karslake lobs a grenade into the culture wars with his heartfelt, provocative and unabashedly polemical For the Bible Tells Me So.

70
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Daniel Karslake's movie is more human interest than agitprop.

67
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
The film's argument against overly literal Bible readings may not preach to anyone but the converted, and when For the Bible Tells Me So strays from scripture, its ardent plea for sexual freedom within modern Christian life grows a bit too late-night PBS generic.


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