Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed [DVD]

Expelled is a sub-Michael Moore "investigation" into the idea that North American academia is a vast conspiracy to silence a new scientific field called ID or intelligent design. The documentary alledges that various people have been victimised and lost their jobs because they dared to question orthodox views on evolution and followed the ID "hypothesis".

Let's be clear. ID is an attempt by US creationists to get round legal blocks to prevent religion being taught in science classes. Their "designer" is God. There is no science underpinning ID, only an attempt to rebrand creationism to trick legal rules.

The film is factually incorrect at the outset. The alledged "victims" did not lose jobs, either they continued to work or never had a job to lose in the first place. "Expelled Exposed", a website by the National Centre for Science Education has all the background on why the controversy in the film is totally manufactured and false.

Perhaps the worst thing in Expelled, certainly why it got a number of merciless critical maulings in the US, is a deliberate and disgusting attempt to link Darwin, evolution and scientists working today with Nazis and the Holocaust. This approach to an alledgedly scientific debate is beneath contempt.

Expelled largely failed in the US. It's only audience was hard-core fundamentalists with such myopia that they see all science as anti-religious thus are predisposed to agree with anything that attacks science, no matter how grubby the attack may be. Let's hope that the similar lunatic fringe in the UK is even smaller than it is in the US.

I watched this a while ago online and have since read a few reviews, including some interviews with scientists & guests that were interviewed. This is a shamefull and dishonest 'documentary'. It is full of strawmen arguments and even offensively implies that Darwinism led to the holocaust! This documentary is an Inetlligent Design propaganda film in the typical style of a conspiracy theory, and nothing more.

If you are a Creationist, this will probably give you that warm fuzzy feeling as you reinforce what you already believe. I would urge you to read Richard Dawkins' book The Greatest Show on Earth, which brilliantly lays out the evidence for evolution. However, if you are a Creationist I suspect that evidence may not really 'float your Ark'...

If you are genuinely curious about the idea and want to know more, I would suggest looking up some debates on YouTube that will at least give some balanced arguments. However, having read much on the subject, I can save you some time and suggest you read the book above. This idea has been thrown out of court a number of times because it simply isn't scientific and not at all supported by evidence (plus much evidence against it - search for 'Unintelligent Design' for more). If you decide to watch this, watch it for free on YouTube and please buy something that presents the alternative case so you can at least make a reasoned decision for yourself.

If you are an informed, scientifically literate individual who can think for themselves, you will probably find this annoying and offensive. Maybe watch it online if you want to know more about this reliously motivated movement but please don't give these nutters any of your money! It is fairly weak in the UK (give or take a few faith schools and Noah's Ark children's zoos), but this is a massive problem in the USA where this nonsense is being taught to innocent, illeqipped children by teachers in science lessons.

This documentary is a Creationist propaganda film dressed up with a fancy new name. If that is what you are really looking for, you are probably not going to listen to me and probably not all that interested in evidence...

This is one of the most fake, unreliable, uncomplete and unbalanced docu's i've ever seen. How can you call this a docu anyway?? This Movie is pure propaganda! You can clearly tell by how the docu was made...
They put these so-called scientist supporting creationisme and intelligent design completly into the spotlight. Victimized by some conspiracy of a 'obscure darwinian organisation', but fail to talk bout the (real) reason why they got expelled. They have clearly the upperhand in this 'documentary'. And then you have real scientist shown by very short and select statements, shown as somewhat - in a dark place - as 'absurd, godforsaken men'.
This docu also doesn't even talk about the core of evolution or creationisme, or any way to define both. Nor realy about these scientist that got fired from their faculty or university. They are allowed to talk about their believes with no need of factual back-up. Had the director given the same amount of time and attention to the evolutionary scientist... well, we wouldn't have this 'duco' then...
Also their attempt to link the evolutionary science to Hitler and nazi-ism and somehow suggesting science is and leads to evil, is really lame. As if religion never caused tentions, wars and yes, even holocausts. Suggesting living without religion is an empty, evil life. That living without it makes you a radical athiest. Like there's no such thing as relgious fundamentalism. Although (the) burdens of religion are never mentioned here, living without it can be a relieve and a mind opener, and is in my opinion also worht of a debate. Still, the director didn't find it necessary to show both sides of the story.
This movie is full of opinion and propaganda and has a huge lack of data.
It's cheap approach suggested to show how this ideological group of people are stigmatised by the darwinian 'fascist' scientists. But the hypocrisy is easily detected in this film, with 'their' attempt to marginalize 'these' darwinians.
This documentary is misleading, and is doing so by using terms as freedom, and freedom of speach, and basic American Values to back up these 'creationist scientist' - a term of 2 words contradicting themself - and to give them some credibility - also cause they don't actually have to talk about what it is they realy believe in then, but more by magnifying on the disbelieves of the evolutionary scientists.

The director is clearly trying to manipulate your thoughts on the subject. Suggesting there is a wide belief of intelligent design (creationisme) amongts the scientists. But they are just afraid to talk about it...
Of course this is not true!
There is no such thing as a conspiracy. There is not even a debate amongst academics whether it's evolution or intelligent disign that's at the base of all life on this planet. Evolution is well accepted in the scientific world, where it is considered the organizing principle of biology. It is grotesk and a lie.
There is a reason why these creationists are expelled from a scientific classroom.
Intelligent design is based on opinion and not on facts.

I rated this movie with 1 star cause i had to rate it something to give this review.
I hope this was helpful.

P.S.: It disgusts me how they Bring Reagan in association with freedom and democracy at the end of this docu! Ask the people of Chile what they think of Reagan's so-called freedom and democracy, or the many other countries he'd spred his reign of terror on. Like El Salvador, Nicaragua, Iran, Honduras, Guatemala, Cambodia, East Timor, South Africa and surrounding countries, ...