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Avg. Critic Score: 20 out of 100 Generally unfavorable reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
14 Iffy for 14+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 50
    Variety | Justin Chang

    While roving interviewer Ben Stein extracts some choice soundbites from scientists on both sides of the creation-vs.-evolution debate, the film's flippant approach undermines the seriousness of its discourse, trading less in facts than in emotional appeals. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    While he gets points for addressing the debate, the way in which Stein goes about it undermines his efforts to be even-handed and intellectually rigorous. Read full review

  • 30
    Village Voice |

    Bizarre and hysterical. Read full review

  • 30
    The Hollywood Reporter | Frank Scheck

    Managing to make the films of Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock look like dry, scholarly treatises by comparison, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed more than lives up to its subtitle. Read full review

  • 30
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    Expelled is an unprincipled propaganda piece that insults believers and nonbelievers alike. Read full review

  • 30
    Los Angeles Times |

    As a work of nonfiction filmmaking it is a sham and as agitprop it is too flimsy to strike any serious blows. Read full review

  • 25
    Entertainment Weekly |

    Regardless of your personal views, Expelled's heavy-handed bias (a visit to Darwin's home gets the same eerie music as a tour of Dachau) is exasperating. Read full review

  • 20
    New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier

    Stein's schlumpy presence is disarming, though his know-it-all nature is at odds with his free-speech posing. Read full review

  • 0
    The Onion A.V. Club |

    Surely there's a more nuanced argument to be made in favor of ID than pinning the old "bad as Hitler" canard on pro-evolution scientists? Read full review

  • 0
    Austin Chronicle | Marc Savlov

    Make Ben Stein some more money (and get a good, mordant chuckle while you're at it) by checking out this loopy, factually befuddled documentary that should manage the not-inconsiderable feat of insulting Christians, Jews, Muslims, and those nutty sci-guys who go in for Darwin by way of bad teeth and Einsteinian hair styles. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+ Controversial look at evolution meant for family discussion.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this treatment of the subject of evolution contains a number of hot-button topics. From the existence of God to the destruction of humans in the name of racial purity, this documentary pokes at a lot of sensitive topics. It's the type of documentary that some families will seek out for discussion with their mature teens and some will avoid on religious and moral grounds.
  • Families can talk about what their core beliefs are regarding the nature of life. How do religious beliefs and scientific doctrines differ? How are they similar? Do you like Ben Stein's approach to the subject? Why or why not?
The good stuff
  • message true1 Positive messages: Ben Stein is committed to asking questions, both of other people and himself. When he is faced with a tough subject, he admits he needs time to ponder it, and often goes to the geographical source of the query.
What to watch for
  • violence false2 Violence: Graphic images of the Holocaust; images include emaciated cadavers piled up before they are disposed of.
  • sex false0 Sex: Not an issue
  • language false0 Language: Not an issue
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false1 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Edward R. Murrow is shown smoking a cigarette when he gives a talk.
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