Jesus is Magic proves that comedienne Sarah Silverman's faux-racist Jewish princess shtick works in smaller doses if at all, the hit-to-miss ratio of her taboo-busting routine having since been upstaged by comics of greater consistency and invention. That isn't to say that she never hits the funnybone, but that in two decades that have been good to groundbreaking satirists she's upstaged by the likes of Frankie Boyle, whose TV show Tramadol Nights more ably combines stand-up with sketches.

The songs are lame but the stand-up is really damn funny

This is typical Sarah Silverman; hilarious, yet also uncomfortable.

If you've seen Sarah Silverman's act before, this movie is not funny. If you're not surprised by a cute girl saying naughty things, this movie is not funny. The pacing is murderous as well, as it is somewhat incompetently directed (sorry, Sifl and Olly fans). Good only for Silverman neophytes, and even then this film might turn them off.

A handful of big laughs

A decent stand-up performance. A LOT of racist jokes. Not that I was offended or anything, but at a certain point you have to ask for a bit more creativity.

Lynch's mundane directing will be familiar to anyone who's seen an HBO comedy special in the past twenty years, and his artless efforts to intersperse little skits throughout doesn't make it any more distinctive. Silverman is overly reliant on the juxtaposition of an attractive women sweetly saying things that are offensive. There are bits that are cleverly constructed and her daring is admirable at times, but it's still a single joke spun into more derivations than it can handle.

I also like Sarah Silverman's comedy

The skits are mostly garbage, but the stand up is some of the finest stream of consciousness meta societal stupid people mocking material there is.

Not really as good as I thought it would be. The musical interludes should have been axed.

Acceptable stand-up act. Not much of a "movie" though.

Not a very effective mix of stand up and skits. Sometimes laugh out loud funny, sometimes just waiting for it to get back to the jokes.

It doesn't always work, but I love her whole ironic racism thing. She says things and you get angry at them and then you realize that deep down you really care about those things and that's why you're angry. She reminds us of how fucking awful racism really is.

Sometimes Sarah Silverman is funny. This is one of those times.

Half of it was funny, half of it was unnecessary. She would like to think she has edgy humor, but I fail to see what "edge" it has. I laughed quite a bit though anyways.

standups shouldnt make movies

Sarah Silverman is not funny.

My first encounter with Sarah Silverman, and thought it was hilarious. Yes, it is just a stand up routine with song numbers cut in.

too short, stand up parts great, intermezzos only used to extend the movie beyond 1 hour

This is basically a concert movie. 80% of the movie is just a recording of her performance doing stand up comedy. The humor is similar to "The Aristocrats" - very dirty, racist and "provocative" whatever that means. However this movie suffers from the same problem The Aristocrats did - it's too long (even at 90 minutes). The humor works best when it's shocking (thanks to the delivery - she does a great job pretending she is completely not surprised by what's coming out of her mouth) but

Jesus may be magic, but Sarah Silverman is to stand-up comedy what Twilight is to the vampire film genre. Hey bitch, you're not funny, your delivery sucks, your material sucks, and your gimmick/crutch is that of a moderately attractive, normal-looking girl saying "dirty jokes". If not for the obsession many Americans (and network execs) have in wanting to see a successful female stand-up comedian, she wouldn't have a fucking career. I've seen comparable sets on the local Open Mic night.

The songs are terrible and a little embarassing. That said, her stand-up act is hilarious and her delivery is perfect.

WARNING WARNING do not see this movie if you've ever considered suing someone for something they've said! You will get overheated and have a heart attack!

not very funny

Not as funny as I'd hoped it would be. The songs are pretty lame.

Most of this material here (and there isn't much of it) is recycled from the same routines she's been doing for years. So if you're new to the jokes, it's pretty funny, otherwise there's not much to look forward. Most of the interstitials flops, too, but I liked the intro.