I had to watch, if only to find out which atheist writer was being satirized, Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens, it turns out. First, the actor looks like Hitchens. The clincher is that the character Huxley's book is called "God Is Awful," and Hitchens's book is called "God Is Not Great." The character captures Hitchens's arrogance pretty well, but his cynicism doesn't. I simply can't imagine Hitchens being willing to shoot somebody for the publicity. Hitchens's beef was more with religious institutions and leaders than with followers.
I agree with others that there were a couple of big distractions in the film: the detective, who seemed like a caricature, and the men's choir. Was that meant to allude to Greek tragedy? Who knows?
I agree with others that there were a couple of big distractions in the film: the detective, who seemed like a caricature, and the men's choir. Was that meant to allude to Greek tragedy? Who knows?