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the downside is the review in time (or newsweek) while lukewarm at  
best - did not state emphatically what the problems with the film  
were.  The reviewer took issue with Mr. Stein's conclusion that  
belief in evolution theory could be blamed for Nazi Germany's acts,  
not that the ID proponents were putting forth pseudoscience.

Wish I had time to go see it - but guess i'll wait for the DVD!
	


On Apr 23, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Jonah Cohen wrote:

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> For what it's worth... Ben Stein's ID propaganda piece "Expelled: No
> Intelligence Allowed" looks to be a bona fide flop.
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> For one thing, it was generally loathed by critics; a well-written
> review from the Onion's AV Club here:
> <http://www.avclub.com/content/cinema/ 
> expelled_no_intelligence_allowed>
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> In its opening weekend, it finished #10 at the box office, grossing  
> just
> under $3million, with a per screen average of ~$2,850. For comparison,
> the #4 movie (also in its opening weekend, also savaged by  
> critics), "88
> Minutes" grossed just under $7 million/~$3,209 per screen, and the top
> flick, Kung-fu fest "The Forbidden Kingdom" raked in ~$21million/ 
> $6,664.
> And a film released about now will have little time in theaters to  
> build
> up its box office, since the frentic summer movie season kicks off  
> next
> week with the arrival of a true science geek with a fondness for
> metallurgy.
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> Cinema geek,
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