| What Would Jesus Buy? | 
 enlarge | Director: Rob Vanalkemade
Actor: Reverend Billy
Studio: Arts Alliance America
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4872
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 91 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: HSPD670495D
UPC: 829567049525
EAN: 0829567049525
ASIN: B0013K2ZDQ
Release Date: May 27, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Product Description
Through retail interventions, corporate exorcisms, and some good old-fashioned preaching, Reverend Billy reminds us that we have lost the true meaning of Christmas. What Would Jesus Buy? is a journey into the heart of America from exorcising the demons at the Wal-Mart headquarters to taking over the center stage at the Mall of America and then ultimately heading to the Promised Land ... Disneyland. Bonus Features: Deleted Scenes, Original Theatrical Trailer, Public Access Show featuring Reverend Billy and Morgan Spurlock
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 100 stars for reverend billy!!! December 3, 2008
i absolutely love this little peice of creative protest that reminds us, yet again, of what a good doctor once said, "...Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
please watch this film before you yourself become a part of the shopocalypse. make some gifts this christmas let's get those creative juices flowing. support some local artists, or spend some time with your kids and make gifts for needy families. the possibilties here are endless.
on a technical note there were at times some audio & video parts that didn't exactly match, i think that's an editing issue. other than that i give this film 100 stars! i know this isn't an exhaustive film critique, i just simply think everyone needs to see this for themselves, and take steps to slow down our over consumption, that's all.
 WWJB - quality of the medium September 7, 2008
I enjoyed this, but the first copy didn't have the audio in synch with the video. So don't let it sit around without checking that first!
It wasn't quite what I thought. It's an "on-the-road" documentary in the style of Michael Moore. It's more ironic than laugh out loud funny.
Changeluia!! August 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie helped me stop my shopping, well sort of. It damn sure woke me up to the horrors of overt consumerism. The choir is great to watch and listen to. The stories of the people really freaked me out, especially the woman who bought all that stuff for her dog.
Fun but so informative!!! August 12, 2008
I wasn't sure what to expect when I got this, but I trusted Morgan Spurlock to be entertaining and insightful. I want everyone to watch this movie!!
 At Once -- Funny and Horrifying Views of Shopaholism August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
True confession: I fully expected to not like this movie, as I thought Morgan Spurlock was a dumb prick for the ridiculous stunt he pulled in "Supersize Me."
I liked this movie, though.
It offers a humorous and yet terrifying perspective on American consumerism, especially as it relates to Christmas. The hollowness of materialism rings like a gong throughout the film, as it follows "Reverend Billy" and his Stop Shop[ping crew around the country. (The cost to send the troupe around the USA was not cheap, and someone laid out lots of dough for this.)
The movie does meander a bit in anti Wal*Mart and anti-Disney diatribes in particular.
"What Would Jesus Buy?" (WWJB) is a rhetorical question to spur us to reconsider the true meaning of Christmas and - beyond that - the sickness of materialism that grips our lives.
It is easier to tell what the movie and Rev. Billy are against than what they are for. Is Rev. Billy really a Christian? Aside from closeness with family, what is the true meaning of Christmas? Does he find it in Gospels? Does it involve mission, outreach or evangelizing? We are left to wonder.
WWJB is better at excoriating materialism but it isn't clear - at least to this reviewer - as to its true spiritual leanings, roots and beliefs.
Withal, though, WWJB is at once a funny and horrifying expose oo the gripping and sickening role of shopaholism during the yuletide season, with broader troubling implications on our modern spiritual wasteland.
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