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I want to say first off that whilst I don't always agree with Bill Maher I generally respect him. He is someone who often says the unpopular thing that needs to be said.

This film does not serve him well. He is too biased and aggressive and as a result, often damages his message. The questions he's asking are good ones here, but his method means that people generally won't take these very serious questions seriously. It's a shame.

There were some beautiful things in this movie, important things. There were four or five hilarious things as well.

What fascinated me was how well the Catholics came off, despite throwing him out of the Vatican. This points the way to what i feel was the central flaw: He didn't interview many moderates. I would have liked to see some Lutherans and Episcopalians, some reformed Jews, some moderate Muslims, maybe a Quaker or unitarian. I would have liked to see a non monotheist or two interviewed.

Because only extremists were interviewed, all conclusions can be easily dismissed because of the obvious sample bias.

This is a shame, because the movie he made was interesting, but not compelling; amusing, but not really profound. It could have been all these things.