Critic Reviews
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positive
12(71%)
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Dec 15, 2016
88
For sheer inventiveness of story, language, visuals and theme, The Brand New Testament is, quite nearly, a divine comedy.
Dec 10, 2015
83
Lovely to look at, charmingly played throughout, and with a sense of fun that is more playful than subversive, The Brand New Testament is a bouncy treat: not so much heresy as whimsy, with a smooth matte finish and a mischievous grin.
Dec 4, 2016
83
What we have is ultimately a welcome satire for the modern age that’s no less funny than it is intelligent.
Dec 10, 2015
80
The Brand New Testament is a peppy, original and (importantly) very sweet story.
Dec 10, 2015
80
With the consistently playful, often delightful and frequently funny God fantasy The Brand New Testament, the Belgian auteur delivers his most substantially enjoyable film since 1991’s Toto The Hero.
Dec 8, 2016
80
Again and again, Van Dormael delights in finding romantic solutions to existential problems, in forging the kinds of topsy-turvy emotional connections between his characters that enable them to overcome their natural impulses toward suspicion, hostility and even violence.
Dec 8, 2016
80
Most of the humor is too lighthearted to offend all but the most reverent believers, and the movie’s inventiveness rarely flags.
Mar 30, 2017
80
Even the devout, surely, will warm to Dormael's alt-gospel: one of compassion, oddball fish gags and cheerier skylines.
