Wonderful character development!

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Being a big fan of Benoit Poelvoorde I had to watch this movie. And even though Poelvoorde isn't really the main character of the story, while he's God, the movie is more than enjoyable to watch. It sometimes made me think about Amélie Poulain, complete different story but with the same easy-to-listen-to narrating voice. Pili Groyne is the narrating voice and also the main character, playing Ea the daughter of God. She did a really good job playing her role of unsatisfied of her father's work, daughter of God. The cast was very well chosen, from people nobody ever heard of to Catherine Deneuve. And also François Damiens, the comedian everybody knows here in France and Belgium, as the man that can drive you completely nutters with his character of François l'Embrouille, mostly known for his short videos on Youtube etc. The shooting itself is by moments sublime, very good altogether. Jaco Van Dormael delivered another good Belgian movie. You can only give him credits for that knowing the tight budget you have when producing a Belgian movie. This time Poelvoorde is not the usual comedian we know, in fact the movie has some funny moments, but it's not really a comedy. It's more a parody on the ridiculousness of religion. And that's for me, being a convinced atheist, only a thing that I can enjoy.

'Le Tout Nouveau Testament' - also known as 'The Brand New Testament' - Benoît Poelvoorde plays God as rarely depicted on screen in this daring comedy from Belgium. Far from a compassionate deity, Poelvoorde is mischievous, mean-spirited middle aged man who spends all day in a tatty bathrobe, making humankind suffer for his own amusement. This set-up is initially hard to digest due to the slew of unanswered questions that it evokes, but fortunately Pili Groyne, cast as his daughter, soon comes in focus. The plot has Groyne sneak into her father's office and send text messages to everyone stating exactly when they will die, with some great moments in which various people react to the news; Gaspard Pauwels has a hilarious bit part as an internet blogger who repeatedly tries to kill himself to defy his designated death date. The plot also has Pili interview half a dozen would-be apostles in order to write the new testament of the title, something which is sometimes too sentimental for its own good. Then again, as her interviews are cut around scenes of Poelvoorde trying to catch up to her in the outside world, there is still quite a bit of humour to be add. Indeed, the funniest scenes have Poelvoorde undone by all the ridiculous rules he has written for the world and frequently bashed up by his own people who think he is delirious when claiming to be a deity.

God lives in an apartment in Belgium with his wife and his 10-year-old daughter Ea. God spends most of his time in ruining people's life by making weird rules. His daughter has also power and she wants to create a brand new testament. Ea sneaks inside Gods locked office and sends text messages to everyone in the world informing their scheduled dates of death. It's a film that has full of imagination and also has a dark comedy side. The concept of the movie was catchy and visually it's a wonderful film. Van Dormael does not lack the skill to pull of beautiful moments from this fantasy movie. Cinematographer, Christophe Beaucarne captures the craziness of God character superbly. Overall, I highly recommend this film to anyone who likes fantasy movies.

This film has a few beautiful, artistic shots, mostly due to special effects. It sounded to me like it had potential, but the blatant propaganda that runs throughout the film is actually overwhelming enough to have made me skip through scenes.God is depicted as a violent, stupid, powerless raging maniac. Alcoholic and child abuser. He spends all his time creating "shitty situations" for the humans he had created.His daughter is the metaphoric Satan/Lucifer who rebells and gets kicked out of heaven. She hates her father and despite being prepubescent, uses words like "shit" and "fuck" extensively. I mean isn't it a beautiful story already?She then goes on to find 6 disciples. An adulterous woman who has no problem sleeping with a married man, a sex maniac, a person who kills for fun and pleasure, a perverted grandma who leaves her husband to have sex with a gorilla, and a little prepubescent boy who really wishes he could have been a girl.There is tons of anti-Christian, anti-spiritual, pro-gay, pro trans-gender and beyond propaganda. In the end the "goddess" mother, who is not at all a part of the Christian trinity, by the way, takes control and makes the sky psychedelic, removes gravity and allows people to walk underwater. This "magical" world is supposed to be better than our already beautiful world... Then all the perverts and psychopaths live happily ever after. Prepubescent kids kiss on camera, and basically the satanic propaganda message is presented in it's full glory. The objective seems to be to get viewers brainwashed and programmed for the coming new world order.