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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75PremierePremiereDoesn't function particularly well as a documentary; it lacks a strong editorial point of view and doesn't really comment on the evangelical movement so much as it just portrays a selection of people and their views.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanWhat most interests the directors is the way young minds are shaped by adults with clear moral and political agendas.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenA fascinating glimpse of kids' role in the evangelical movement's political agenda.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenJesus Camp doesn't pretend to be a comprehensive survey of the charismatic-evangelical phenomenon. It offers no history or sociology and only scattered statistics about its growth. It analyzes the political agenda only glancingly, centering on abortion but not on homosexuality or other items.
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinA frightening, infuriating, yet profoundly compassionate documentary about the indoctrination of children by the Evangelical right.
- 58The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsWhy do Ewing and Grady feel the need to tip their hand by underscoring it all with creepy ambient music or by using Air America host Mike Papantonio as a Greek Chorus expressing the voice of reason?
- 50VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibMay shock many viewers, especially political liberals.
- 50SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirIt's a glimpse into a world most secular, metropolitan liberals never see, and it's likely to induce howls of both terror and hilarity from big-city audiences.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe doc these kids would make with flea market camcorders couldn't possibly be as ugly as this absurdly hypocritical critique of the far right's role in escalating the culture war. The classier indoctrination to which Gap-shopping urban Democrats subject their kids might look damn spooky, too, but it probably wouldn't sell.