Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008) Jeff’s Review

Ben Stein’s new documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, hopes to expose the Scientific community as being close minded to the slightest idea that God could have played a role in the creation of humanity.

Stein doesn’t not preach or try and convince anyone that Intelligent Design is superior to Darwin’s theory of evolution. His main thesis is, science is not science when it close out all debate on any one subject. And he does a magnificent job showing the bitterness and distain they have towards anyone in the scientific community who even mentions a creationists theory.

I was somewhat sad they didn’t touch on anyone who believes in theist evolution. The idea that God could have used evolution in the creation of man. This theory is much more widely believed then a straight seven day creation theory held by many Protestants in the United States.

It’s interesting to note this documentary is getting distorted by many mainstream critics who called it propaganda. These same critics praised and lauded Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. Claudia Puig of the USA today called Expelled, “propaganda, a political rant disguised as a serious commentary on stifled freedom of inquire,” but raved about Moore’s film as “informative, provocative, frightening, compelling, funny, manipulative and, most of all, entertaining.”

If you are liked me and like a balanced of view on all perspectives, this is a film you don’t want to miss. It has extremely well production value and Ben Stein is very witty and personable. Three out of four stars.