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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA film that shines a light on those who would be a candle in the midst of the Medieval darkness of modern, white Southern American Christianity.
- 70The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergAmerican Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel doesn’t break ground cinematically, but it is eye-opening in other ways.
- 70VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen Gleiberman"American Heretics" is eye-opening, but it's never explosive.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersLos Angeles TimesKimber MyersFor anyone interested in politics, religion, American culture or the ever-overlapping space they occupy, this documentary has the potential to move hearts and minds.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeWhile left-leaning viewers will respond warmly to the film's common-sense take on Christianity's core teachings, one wonders if there might have been ways to make this more palatable to audiences who have been trained for a generation to view progressives as enemies of religion.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe human stories are at the center, but, for better or worse, they are surrounded with side stories that only acted as a (nice) distraction, and it never really digs deep into the concept of heresy itself.