Salvation Boulevard

Anyone put off by the title can relax, this movie is not a diabolical assault on Christianity. It's not even about religion. It's just an exceedingly droll dark comedy reminiscent of Cohen Brothers movies (Fargo, O Brother Where Art thou?). This film won't sorely test anyone's faith.OK, the malefactor here is a sleazy TV preacher. But hey, he's really sincere, folks!The plot revolves around sleazy but charismatic TV preacher (Brosnon), one of his faithful flock of sheep--a hapless former Grateful Deadhead (Kinnear), a hard-boiled writer (Harris) & a dubious real estate development (hence the title).Salvation Boulevard is a scaled-down version of the book by Larry Beinhart, who also wrote WAG THE DOG (originally titled AMERICAN HERO). The book was better, as usual, since there was much more to it, but the director succeeds in bringing its dark humor to the screen.The production quality is first-rate, with fine acting by a stellar cast, a devastatingly wry script full of nice twists & great lines, even a perfectly suited soundtrack.Salvation Boulevard is not your typical inane comedy. The humor is subtle & dry, with nuanced metaphors & lots of double-entendres. There are achingly funny scenes & laugh-out-loud moments, but it's not for the thin-skinned or easily-offended. Although it isn't really about religion, it is about hypocrisy, self-deception & the pitfalls of credulity. Ignore the bad reviews, some of which were no doubt by viewers who simply didn't understand it.Dark comedies are hard to pull off, which is why you don't see more of them. (Plus the fact that America itself has become a rather dark comedy.) This one especially, given the subject matter. Kudos to the producers & director for a brave satire destined to become a classic.I originally saw this on Netflix. Immediately after it was over I ordered it on Amazon. I've seen it twice & the 2nd time was better than the first. It's that kind of film.

This movie has some of my favorite actors in it, so even though it bombed at the theaters, I figured I would give it a whirl. I was pleasantly surprised... it had great acting, a compelling story, with surprising twists. I figued if I didn't like it I would donate it to the local library, but it's a keeper.

We are fortunate to know the executive producer of this movie, and we were eager to own the movie to see whether my husband appeared in it or whether he ended up on the proverbial "cutting room floor." As fortune would have it, he is in the movie (albeit for only 2.5 seconds, but he's there!). We ended up liking the movie quite a bit. Thank you!

Purchased this flic for $1.99 on sale not knowing what to expect. While watching the opening credits I saw Marisa Tomei was in it (I love her). Was very pleasantly suprized by the movie and the plot, this is not a movie for the hard core "reborn" christian audience as it pokes fun at the whole televangalist world. Religious insanity is the theme and it is done amazingly well and is very, very funny. Cannot say much more without being a spoiler but as they used to say in the Life cereal commercials "try it you will like it".

Flew under the radar but it is going to be a cult favorite. With actors like Pierce Broslin, Ed Harris and Marisa Tomei how can you go wrong.

This movie skewers perfectly all that is disturbing about the holier than thou born again evangelical churches in America. Pierce Brosnan is a hoot.

IT WAS O.K. NOT THE BEST I HAVE WATCHED.. NOT THE KIND OF ROLL I WOULD HAVE PUT PIERCE BROSNANIN. HE IS JUST TO SEXY TO DO A ROLL OF THIS KIND.

This film was just plain old good fun! Not oscar stuff,just a funny film with a great cast! Really makes you think.

Once again Pierce gave a great performance but the film itself was spoilt by poor editing, it was a bit jumpy. I enjoyed it but it won't be to everyone enjoyment.

good comedy and a very funny comedy,not one of pierce brosnans best but still a good movie,a good cast here

Salvation Boulevard is a comedy built around the age old argument between religion and reason. The central character is a Grateful Dead fan reborn as an evangelical. His pastor accidentally shoots a local atheist professor and entertaining chaos ensues that happens to be extremely awkward for our hero.All the characters are presented sympathetically and quite accurately within the context of a comedy. It was critical for me that I could watch it with my Catholic wife, partly so that I could show her something of what it was like when I was an evangelical. It worked very well in this regard.My only gripe is that there were no subtitles for the hard of hearing.

Heel teleurstellend dat het een regio 1 dvd is. Dat verwacht je niet als je bij een ned website koopt en de dvd uit engeland komt. Werd nl niet bij de productomschrijving vermeld.

Les acteurs sont bons mais l'histoire laisse à désirer.Trop de rebondissements pour rien..mais comme je rechercais le film depuislongtemps j'ai quand même aimé.