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Sarah Silverman appears before an audience in Los Angeles with several sketches, taped outside the theater, intercut into the stand-up performance. Themes include race, sex, and religion. A handful of musical numbers punctuate the performance.
Leave your thoughts about Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic.
| Now Playing MagazineBrent SimonIt's comedy as taboo-breaking cud-chewing. Those easily offended need not apply. |
| Film ScoutsJason GorberThe wit, the smile, the rape and holocaust jokes, they all tie together in a lovely, compelling little package called Sarah. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonA quotable compendium of offensive remarks |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekThe picture consists mostly of performance footage of Silverman, which, despite the fact that it's shot on grainy, anemic-looking digital video, is a pleasure to watch. |
| CinerinaKarina MontgomeryForget your inner censor and dig her non-PC, non-cautious, network-unfriendly diatribe that twists and turns and sends up stand-up comedians' oldest clichés. |
| TV GuideKen FoxHow can such awful things come out of the mouth of such a pretty girl? |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSilverman is funny and, more often than not, so is the film. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldJesus Is Magic may be a bit too much for anyone but the most hardcore Silverman fan. |
| L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyFor all its shock-driven, laugh-out-loud moments, what makes Jesus so entertaining is that it puts you in the presence of a dementedly sharp mind -- one that understands that leftist subversion doesn't have to coddle or breast-feed the choir. |
| Philadelphia WeeklySean BurnsAn HBO special dragged kicking and screaming to (barely) feature length, it's a riot... but probably shouldn't be in theaters. |