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A Fool and His Money (originally titled, Religion, Inc.) is a 1989 American comedy film directed by Daniel Adams and written by Michael Mailer and Adams. The film stars Jonathan Penner, George Plimpton, Wendy Adams, Gerald Orange, Chuck Pfiefer and Sandra Bullock in her first leading role. [1] The movie was released on September 24, 1989.
Films where philosophy is central to the plot: I Heart Huckabees (2004) – A comedy with existential themes. Mindwalk (1990) – A wide-ranging discussion between three individuals. My Dinner with Andre (1981) – A film featuring philosophical discussions. My Night at Maud's (1969) – A film centred around philosophical discussions.
Confucius (Chinese: 孔子 Kǒng Zǐ) is a 2010 Chinese biographical drama film written and directed by Hu Mei, starring Chow Yun-fat as the titular Chinese philosopher.The film was produced by P.H. Yu, Han Sanping, Rachel Liu and John Shum.
Agora (Spanish: Ágora) is a 2009 English-language Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil.The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, a mathematician, philosopher and astronomer in late 4th-century Roman Egypt, who investigates the flaws of the geocentric Ptolemaic system and the heliocentric model that challenges it.
In his review, Stephen Holden also wrote that "the film has the same loose, on-the-road structure" as Larry Charles' previous film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and commented: "Much of Mr. Maher’s film is extremely funny in a similarly irreverent, offhanded way."
Religious philosophy influences many aspects of an individual's conception and outlook on life. For example, empirical studies concentrating on the philosophical concept of spirituality at or near the end of life, conducted in India, found that individuals who follow Indian philosophical concepts are influenced by these concepts in their ...
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 60% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on five reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. [7] Matt's Movie Reviews described the film as "a spiritual journey of the cinematic kind that is as fulfilling as it is perplexing, just as it should be."
The religious journalist Madeleine Bunting produced a scathing review for The Guardian, in which she described the documentary as "a piece of intellectually lazy polemic not worthy of a great scientist". [9] In The Tablet, Keith Ward criticised Dawkins for what he considered to be an indiscriminate and simplistic approach to religion. [10]