Movie Review: Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Ben Stein, the creator and narrator of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" has a long and colorful political history. He is certainly no stranger of the stress of being in the public eye. Stein, a Yale valedictorian graduate, has been in law since the early 1970s. He taught law at two colleges, one of which includes a seven year stay at Pepperdine as a professor of law. Stein was speech writer and personal lawyer for President Richard Nixon, and later, President Gerald Ford.
The thesis of expelled is by no stretch of the imagination hidden. The movie practically yells that "the 'elitist' evolutionary quacks are, 1) denying intelligent design any shred of thought, and rejecting the idea that there is the slightest chance for its validity, and 2) making it very difficult for those who are supporters (or even those who are merely not openly denying the possibility) of intelligent design." This thesis is communicated to the viewer in documentary form. The film follows Ben Stein on a "journey" to find out whether the rumors he has heard are true (those stories of people being laid off because of people accusing them holding to beliefs that are "ludicrous."
Ben Stein interviews various professors on each side of the argument, gradually amassing evidence, and using the metaphor of a wall, saying that there is a wall that has been erected by Darwinism against intelligent design. Stein also travels to the sites of the Jewish Holocaust, presenting compelling evidence that Hitler himself believed he was furthering Darwinism by killing all of the Jews. All of this culminates with an interview with Dawkins, THE prominent evolutionist leader. After making Dawkins look like a fool, who doesn't know what he believes in, the movie reaches its conclusion. Overall, this was an excellent documentary; if you support the argument made by Ben Stein, then you will definitely enjoy it, and give it a "standing-o" at the end, and if you are against the points being made, go see it anyway, and decide for yourself, are there any valid points? You may find yourself surprised.