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Jesus, You Know
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Jesus, You Know reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 67 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.0 out of 10
based on 7 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Angelika Weber, Elfriede Ahmad, Waltraute Bartel, Hans-Jürgen Eder, and Thomas Ullram

This documentary examines Catholics at prayer and the role of religion in modern life.


GENRE(S): Documentary  |  Foreign  
WRITTEN BY: Veronika Franz
Ulrich Seidl
 
DIRECTED BY: Ulrich Seidl  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: January 3, 2006 
Theatrical: December 3, 2004 
RUNNING TIME: 87 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Austria 
LANGUAGE(S): German (with English subtitles) 

Original title "Jesus, Du Weisst"

What The Critics Said

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75
New York Post V.A. Musetto
Inventive and bold, Jesus, You Know will especially resonate with people, like this critic, whose strict Catholic upbringing (some might call it brainwashing) inalterably shaped their lives.
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70
TV Guide Ken Fox
If watching devout churchgoers pray to Jesus before a static camera sounds like the dullest idea ever for a documentary, think again: This might be the most fun you've ever had in church.
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70
Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Engrossing documentary.
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70
Village Voice Ed Halter
Complex and deeply moving documentary.
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70
The New York Times Dana Stevens
Tells the truth where it counts most: in its unblinking exploration of one of the most private of human experiences.
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63
Boston Globe Janice Page
Whatever blend of fact and fiction is really at work in this latest offering from ''Dog Days" director Ulrich Seidl -- known, by the way, for playing fast and loose with the documentary format -- the irony-laced ''Jesus, You Know" does persuade viewers to sit up and take notice of its inspired conceit.
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60
Variety Leslie Felperin
Visually glorious and sometimes moving, but comes coated with a thick hoarfrost of irony.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Edward R. gave it a9:
Fascinating and moving film. This believer was struck by how heartfelt the prayers of these six people were. The artworks intercut with their prayers may have been inanimate, but the people were quite clearly praying to the Living God. Beautiful, very much worth seeking out.

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