MPAA RATING:PG-13 (For sexual content and language)
GENRE:Comedy
DIRECTED BY: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
RUN TIME: 1 hour 43 minutes
CAST: Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon, Darren Criss
THEATRE RELEASE:July 19, 2013 by Lionsgate / Roadside Attractions
Im guessing this isnt the introductory sentence you were expecting, but stick with me: Dr. Richard Mouw, the renowned evangelical theologian and philosopher--and, most recently, president of Fuller Theological Seminary--wrote a book in 1994 called "Consulting the Faithful: What Christian Intellectuals Can Learn from Popular Religion". In it, Mouw writes directly those Christians who feel they have, in some sense, "graduated" from the sort of church they grew up in--from, perhaps, a low-church evangelicalism to what they see as a more culturally-aware, intellectually-engaged faith.
Mouws argument is that the Christian intellectual (or just one who wants to be) has a great deal to learn from the religious practice of the masses. In the book he points out the poverty we bring on the church and on our world if we forget this. Its a reminder that resonates, sometimes uncomfortably, with those who (for instance) find themselves wincing at corny skits when they go home for the holidays, or turn up their noses at everything having to do with Christian subculture. Certainly there might be things to discuss and debate and even eschew in American popular religion, Mouw says, but lets not make the grave mistake of tossing it all out in pursuit of something more highbrow and cool.
I found myself thinking about Mouws admonition in an unlikely place: a movie theater in midtown Manhattan, where I was watching Kristen Wiig sniff disdainfully at Annette Benings taste in men. Girl Most Likely belongs to the genre of films about sophisticated city-dwellers returning home to the heartland/suburbs/New Jersey to discover thats where true love and contentment lies, which arguably...
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