Reptileenbu
Did you people see the same film I saw?
DipitySkillful
an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.
Hayleigh Joseph
This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.
Argemaluco
Dear God No! is a perverse and fascinating distillation of subjects extracted from the best exploitation cinema of the '70s. This is what directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez attempted to do in Death Proof and Machete (respectively); however, Dear God No! is the genuine article, and the result is a gem full of bad taste and depravity made with minimum money and null influence from Hollywood.The exploitation cinema has become a popular model to modern filmmakers, not only because of its implicit nostalgia, but also because it can work as a justification of the lack of talent and low production values we can find in some independent movies. Many directors and screenwriters think that their ineptitude and mistakes could seem intentional if they decide to make a "retro" film. However, that's absolutely wrong. Films like Hobo With a Shotgun, The House of the Devil and Dear God No! prove that genuine talent is needed in order to make a good film with those characteristics, and that the "old film" filters and the period costumes aren't enough in order to get an interesting and entertaining narrative. Dear God No! possesses enough energy and dramatic conviction in order to capture us into the action and keep us on suspense, while making us laugh with its stupidity and ridiculous characters. Sounds contradictory, but it works brilliantly well for those of us who appreciate this underrated cinematographic style.On the negative side of Dear God No!, some performances from the supporting cast feel too rigid. Nevertheless, the experience of watching this film was so amusing, perverse and energetic that I can enthusiastically recommend Dear God No! to the followers of exploitation cinema who want to watch something close in spirit to gems such as Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS or Thriller: A Cruel Picture. And to the casual spectators, I have to warn that there's quite extreme and offensive material in this film, so proceed with caution. You may end up feeling disgusted...or becoming an addict to a hated and occasionally censored cinematographic stratum. I can assure you it's not an easy-to-satisfy addiction.
Dave Freeman
Caught this fine biker mash up at Cinema Wasteland where it brought a party to a packed screening room. Before my eyes it turned a bunch of sour faces into happy go lucky drunks. It was complete and total insanity. Anarchy at it finest. A kick in the groin to big budget films this one unleashes unholy fun in the purest sense. It was a rowdy experience that gave the audience the most authentic time travel I've ever seen. The cast and crew were on hand to shake things up with sleazy skits and old fashioned hype. The biggest surprise was how nice and approachable these guys were. For being such dirt bags in the movie, they hung out all night talking film, making jokes and giving me free beer! The lead actor Jet even sang Meatloaf through a megaphone! Good voice too! They are total rock n roll, beer and film nerds and deserve all the praise they are getting. I can't remember having such a good time. It was the talk of the weekend and didn't disappoint.
zanty
All I can say is, this movie from the opening scenes is awful. The acting is bad, and, the director/writer seems to get off on the idea of murdering/exploiting women in this movie. Like, for example, the first scene, where the bikers wake up after an orgy of killing and raping the night before. One Biker is repeatedly kicking a dead woman's genitals, whilst the other one takes fun 'mashing up' the body of another with his motorbike. I am a fan of subversive and different movies, and, am into the 'house of 1000 corpses' style of film, but i'm sorry, this film is nowhere near that. It seems the Director wanted to get the Tarantino 'grindhouse' feel but the film doesn't come anywhere near it, and, at the end of the day, people are responsible for the images they portray and the films they produce. You don't need to show mindless murder and rape in abundance to portray 'bad-ass' characters, unless you're getting off on it, or you forget what the movie is about. I think that's the case here, as, in my opinion, this is a truly awful movie.
Jeremy Cifer (monstershow-228-322857)
Why did it take this long for someone to make a good grindhouse movie? Every single one that has been released over the last couple of years suffers from the same problems of being way to slick to be an accurate representation of grindhouse. DEAR GOD NO! proves you don't need a big budget, cgi, name actors and a giant technical crew to make a modern classic grindhouse film. You just need an understanding of why people cherish grindhouse cinema. I'm happy to report every review on IMDb is accurate. This is the love letter to grindhouse I thought Tarrantino and Rodriquez could deliver but didn't. If DEAR GOD NO! had come out before their GRINDHOUSE double feature we may of been looking at a full blown revival instead of the periodic grindhouse-esque films we get like Machete & HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN. I can not stress enough how authentic and original this film is. Instead of just lifting complete plots it takes hundreds of previous elements and creates something refreshingly new. Hopefully this will see a wider release and a franchise of DEAR GOD NO! movies.
