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Movie Overview
Director
• Heidi Ewing
• Rachel Grady
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for some discussions of mature subject matter.
Jesus Camp (2006)

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OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh
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B+
"Jesus Camp will present 1,000 questions on faith, trust, and humanity that are not easily answered; it's a film impossible to ignore."  FilmJerk.com  Brian Orndorf

"Cut to the flickering images of children writhing in a spiritual trance on a chapel floor while being hectored about the glory of dying for Christ, and one knows exactly where the first Christian suicide bombers will come from."  Film Journal International  Chris Barsanti

B+
"Unfair and riveting and alarming and highly watchable -- but outrageously unfair."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

B+
"The scariest movie of the season by far...a fine, thought-provoking documentary."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

5/5
"A wake-up call for liberals and progressive Christians about the training of evangelical children soldiers in the culture wars."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"Both disturbing and enlightening."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

2/5
"Jesus Camp doesn't just preach to the converted, it bores and frightens them"  Los Angeles Alternative  Jay Antani

3.5/4
"The ominous tolling bell of documentaries."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

A-
"Ewing and Grady present this disturbing material in the only manner that it can be offered effectively"  Old School Reviews  John A. Nesbit

"Jesus Camp [is] one of the most frightening films of 2006."  Pretentious Musings  Kevin Koehler

A
"Ewing and Grady have accomplished something of a miracle with Jesus Camp...at once explosive and unbiased."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

"Camp is not a diatribe or a polemic... all it does is turn a camera on people who are proud enough of their actions and beliefs to talk candidly and openly about them for the camera."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/4
"A piercing portrait of innocence perverted."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

3/5
"Effective documentary, if somewhat repetitious."  EDGE Boston  Phil Hall

B
"The film's strengths emerge in its willingness to listen (if not agree), and to give Pastor Fisher and her flock plenty of rope to hang themselves with."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Rob Vaux

2.5/4
"Camp, pardon the pun, is preaching to the converted, and it isn't strong enough to sway anyone sitting on the fence."  Charlotte Weekly  Sean O'Connell

3.5/4
"Riveting, profoundly unsettling yet remarkably even-handed."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight
OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh
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