Critics slammed actor and director Rob Reiner after he announced his new project – a film called “God and Country” – denouncing the clear and present so-called “danger” presented by Christian nationalism.
Reiner shared the trailer for the film, which “explores right-wing religious extremism and the danger it poses to both the United States and Christianity itself,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“Christian nationalism is not only a danger to our country, it is a danger to Christianity itself. Our film will be released in theaters in February. Watch the trailer here,” Reiner posted via X.
Christian nationalism is not only a danger to our country, it is a danger to Christianity itself. Our film will be released in theaters in February. Watch the trailer here.pic.twitter.com/LJmu1nILNy
– Rob Reiner (@robreiner) December 7, 2023
But critics saw the film as proof that Reiner “protested too much,” arguing that the “documentary” was just a convenient pretext for him to attack both Christians and conservatives in one fell swoop. .
“Is this like a fun Spinal Tap mockumentary?” If so, that’s awesome,” Kyle Mann of The Babylon Bee posted on X.
Is this like a fun Spinal Tap mockumentary? If so, that’s great.
– Kyle Mann (@The_Kyle_Mann) December 8, 2023
Students For Life President Kristan Hawkins pointed out that one of the film’s “villains” was Scott Smiththe Virginia father who was arrested for “disrupting” a Loudoun County school board meeting because the school failed to respond to his daughter’s sexual assault.
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“Showing the father’s arrest at that school board meeting because his daughter was sexually assaulted, as if *HE* was the bad guy, is a WILD narrative choice,” she posted.
This Krista? pic.twitter.com/dgYkAfEQ8A
– Megan Basham (@megbasham) December 8, 2023
“Rob Reiner, atheist said: ‘I’m looking for Christians to interview in my documentary criticizing Christians.’ David French, Phil Vischer, Russell Moore: ‘Say no more, family,’” Mann added.
Stated atheist Rob Reiner: “I’m looking for Christians to interview in my documentary criticizing Christians.”
David French, Phil Vischer, Russell Moore: “Say no more, family.” https://t.co/Zb3hjiPUNO
– Kyle Mann (@The_Kyle_Mann) December 8, 2023
“I find it hilarious how leftists are terrified of normal Christians who dare to express their faith outside the walls of the Church,” said Joel Berry.
I find it hilarious how leftists are terrified of normal Christians who dare to express their faith outside the walls of the Church. https://t.co/ClDmVfShPQ
– Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) December 8, 2023
Sean Davis of the Federalist Party also spoke, saying, “For what good does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what must a man give in exchange for his soul? The answer to the last question, at least for David French and Russell Moore, seems to be “an appearance in a meatball fever dream disguised as a documentary.”
For what good does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what must a man give in exchange for his soul?
The answer to the last question, at least for David French and Russell Moore, seems to be “an apparition in a dream masked by meatball fever… https://t.co/7ZEZHN4mc2 pic.twitter.com/CrWza9cJlI
-Sean Davis (@seanmdav) December 8, 2023
