SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The_Film_Cricket "Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic" features very funny comedian stuck in a very bad movie. At her stand-up Silverman can be the master of her instrument. Yet, here she is stuck in a movie that is distracting and disorganized. It is part concert film, part variety show. The former works, but the latter is like throwing a rock through the rest of the movie. You're left with the intense urge to hit the fast-forward button.Silverman has, like all stand-up comedians, a specialty. Yet her act is somewhat different than the usual comedians who stick to time-weathered material about the everyday battles with the universe like sex, politics, coffee shops and microwave ovens. Instead she talks about edgy subjects such like AIDS, race, pornography, even 9/11, and then punctuates her comments with shocking commentary. She pushes herself into unhealthy waters and her fearlessness is brought home by the fact that she doesn't seem to be bulldozing the material by being crass or mean. There's poise and intelligence to her delivery. She is pretty and well-mannered but her words take an unexpected U-Turn into commentary that is shocking. "I believe that the best time to have a baby is . . . when you're a black teenager" she tells us. That's offense, and it's funny.Part of the problem with her first movie "Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic" is that there's not enough of that. Her act has a conversational flow to it, a pattern of beginning as something mundane but then ending it with something shockingly un-PC. Yet, the movie breaks this pattern every few minutes by bad skits and musical numbers of no consequence. We came to see her stage act, I think the image she wants to project (at least on stage) is the image of a person who is insecure but unaware of the racist and sexist language that she uses. That's fine, but it requires an artist who can orchestrate it like music. She's done it before, but somehow it all falls flat here. There needed to be some measure of consistency. Throw out the lame sketches and the music and get down to the business of doing what she does best. Sadly, it's not here.*1/2 (of four)

Neddy Merrill Not funny ha-ha but funny no-one-heard-me-snicker-at-that-right? With Don Rickles now eight-five years old, Sam Kinison ironically dead at the hands of 16 year old drunk driver and Andrew "Dice" Clay's shallow talent reservoir completely exhausted, a gap exists in the market for highly offensive race-based comedy. This movie presents Sarah Silverman's staking out of that ground. Silverman produces none of the show-stopping belly laughs that Kinison could in the years before cocaine and alcohol convinced him that singing along to early 70's rock songs constituted entertainment. Viewers will find little in Silverman's act worth sharing with coworkers at the water cooler next day (Kinison's fans still remember certain of his material). This is not to suggest that the movie lacks entertainment value or that some lines don't elicit a minor titter. Rather, Silverman's talent is in getting the audience on her side with smart, politically incorrect observations and then leading them to a place so improper that they their fear overwhelms their smug hipness. She also does an excellent job of using her innocent good looks to amp up the shock value. Her attempt to provide value for money by including some videotaped vignettes along with footage of a Los Angeles show is largely misguided as the skits, like her ill-fated MTV show, feel forced. Some of them may have worked had she inflicted them on real audiences - Borat-like (for example, an extraordinarily offensive song sung to supposed nursing home residents may have actually been funny if Silverman actually went in and assaulted the elderly in a real nursing home). In short, far better stand-up comedy videos exist out there (most of George Carlin's stuff) but Silverman brings an original voice to shock-comedy audiences.

bob the moo Sitting with her friends hearing about how good their careers and lives are going, Sarah Silverman boasts of her having a sell-out show that night. Making her excuses she rushes out to throw together a show at short notice with herself as the star.This film didn't make it to a full cinema release in the UK where I was and it is kinda obvious why because this is not the sort of thing you need to see in the cinema – this is a DVD at best. However, regardless of the media, I saw this on DVD and it fits the television best given that it is essentially a recorded stand-up show punctuated by clips and asides that range from a few seconds to a few minutes. These asides are generally OK and are worked into the stand-up for the DVD viewer but it is the stand-up where she does her best work. The downside of it being framed as a film is that we get some awkward and unfunny asides, including a weird ending to the film where really it should have gone out to the cheering of crowds.The stand-up material is mostly good though. Some dismiss Silverman as just trading on being sweet and sexy but yet saying racist and shocking things and at times that is true – but yet still quite funny. When she is at her best she manages to be shocking but in an imaginative and funny way, presenting it as innocent at the same time. You know she has nailed it when you go "oooh" and laugh at the same time and that happened to me several times during this film. Her style does rather suck the energy and flow out of her own material here though as she allows the "shock" to sit on the audience for a minute, rather than building on it. This is a shame because it makes the show feel like lots of independently funny lines rather than a great comedy show.The production of the film does a good job of filming Silverman but not of capturing the audience or the atmosphere of the show. The aside are mostly well done though even if they do feel like sketches from a TV show. Overall though Jesus is Magic is an enjoyable live show that will appeal to Silverman fans. I found it funny but not consistent enough and I'm not sure the "film" idea was a good one – it would have been better with a couple of show edited together, which would also have helped by removing the "yeah, well, anyway" moments that inject nervousness into the comedy in a way that limits build.

disdressed12 but not because it is funny.it isn't funny.but it is immensely entertaining.Sarah Silverman is a very talented story teller.most of the show is Sarah Doing stand up comedy,and most of it improv,i think.i also like how Sarah just flies by the seat of her pants,(or at least appears to)coming up with stuff on the fly.their is also a lot of free association and Sarah segues very easily from one topic into another.that is the true genius of Sarah Silverman.you never really know if if the material is all planned out in advance,or if Sarah just think this stuff up as she goes along.she is certainly vulgar and crude,and very politically incorrect.no topic or ethnicity is spared in this show,including Sarah'a own Jewish heritage.Sarah says whats on her mind,and isn't worried about what others think about her.i find that refreshing.but it is apparent that this is just her stage persona.an alter ego if you will.however,this show is not for everyone.many people will be offended by this type of material,and anyone in that category should avoid this DVD.for people who don't mind this type of material,you will probably be entertained,and you may even laugh.for me, Sarah Silverman:Jesus is Magic is a 7/10