Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

I couldn't give this review a lower rating than 1 star. If I could I would go into negative territory.

Man this film is horrendous. It's like watching a train wreck on an instant reply loop. Ben Stein tries to be impartial and insinuate on how there is some sort of higher secret society power squashing the theory of "intelligent design" by "expelling" professors from schools who even mention it during class. Ben Stein, get real and start looking for a real job.

Just watched your movie then went online to see what others were saying. Marcus Lewis' comments on Amazon were enlightening. Problems I had with this movie were as follows:
1) You set up ID as a strawman who is the sole victim in this debate. The hate mail, court cases, and job losses go both ways. A woman here in TX recently lost her job on the TX board of Ed for an E-mail that merely informed teachers on a forum on Evolution vs. ID, suggesting evolution as the more reasoned and rational theory.
2) You make Evolution out to be the Bogeyman in this story. Evolution is a slippery slope toward atheism? Come on??? There are many dedicated Christians, many scientists, who wholeheartedly believe in the basic tenets of evolution. Check out Mike Dowd's book and internet site: http://thankgodforevolution.com . As a Christian, I believe Truth to be a dialectic progression. It's not either/or but both/and. I realize this is not a Fundamentalist position and that's OK because I left that Milk-toast Christianity for a more meaty variety a long time ago. Also, check out Panentheism and Process Theology.
3) There were very little, if any, scientific facts put forth in the movie.
4) You demonize Darwin as if he were in league w/ the Devil. In actuality Darwin came from a deeply religious family and struggled with his theory and its consequences throughout his life.
5) Last but definitely not least, your equating all things Darwin and Evolutionary with Eugenics and Nazism/Communism is very bad science, and very bad logic.

Outstanding expose' of the closed-mindedness and danger of Darwinian elitists who want to shut out opposing viewpoints. This must see documentary is vital to understanding the current debate in our country over evolution and academic freedom.

An excellent movie by Stein, but very basic. He covers very quickly only a fraction of the many serious logical and scientific problems with Darwinian theory. For a far more detailed look I highly recommend "The Biblical Basis of Modern Science" by Henry Morris. Stein goes on to show the obvious historical link between Darwinism and Atheism, Moral Relativity, and Eugenics in Nazi Germany as well in the US (planned parenthood, Margarete Sanger). Over all, a great but very simple movie; it is excellent as an introduction to those who have not been exposed to these ideas before, but critical thinkers will want more. Still, this movie would be a great gift for anyone who is not Intellectually Comatose.
"The ability to entertain an idea without subscribing to it is the mark of an educated mind" - Aristotle.

Ben Stein's expose' of the bias and bigotry of academia should be required viewing from K - 12. The politicization of education and science to indoctrinate an ideology has become symptomatic of the decline of Western civilization and the rise of authoritarian plutocracy.
A most dangerous example of this is the fraud of "man-made climate change".