The host of "Win Ben Stein's Money" has decided that he wants to be the right-wing Michael Moore. He co-wrote and stars in "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed," a documentary about the hostility of many on the scientific and educational community to the teaching of so-called "intelligent design," a theory that tries to make a scientific argument for evolution. It opens tomorrow in most major cities:
http://www.expelledthemovie.com/Box Office Guru doesn't say how many screens it will open on, although we can assume that it'll be a lot less than "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."
The Lippard blog estimates that it will be on over 1,000 screens (scroll down). Also, for the most part critics have not been shown the film, with the exception of Variety and a few bloggers--it has been shown generally to friendly audiences and the newspaper ads for the film contain quotes from conservative columnist Joseph Farah and comedian Rush Limbaugh. However,
Rotten Tomatoes shows that a few critics have seen it--the only favorable review so far is from comingsoon.net and even the NY Post has panned it.
Lippard also points to a site called
"Expelled Exposed,", set up by the National Center for Science Education to debunk some of the claims the film makes.
I know leave you on your own.
