“Mocked and belittled” in reviews by the secular press from coast to coast, Ben Stein’s Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed finally opened in theaters today (here’s a theater locator). If you go see it this weekend (and beyond), let us know what you think. (Please note: This thread has been set up so that those who have actually seen the movie can comment, not to rehash past debates, arguments, etc. If I have to, I’ll borrow Lynn’s scepter!)

Here are links to WORLD’s recent coverage on this documentary:

• Megan Basham’s interview with Ben Stein.
• Marvin Olasky’s review of the film.
• Hope Hodge’s interview with Associate Producer Mark Mathis.

And if you missed it, here’s an excellent video interview of Ben Stein by R.C. Sproul.

The movie won’t hit theaters for another two weeks, but already the buzz about Ben Stein’s Expelled is burning up the blogosphere and overwhelming the web. A little over a week ago, Nielsen’s BlogPulse rated the documentary the hottest blog topic online. Since Friday, Hope Hodge’s WoW interview with the film’s associate producer, Mark Mathis, has generated 140-plus comments and was still going strong as of yesterday. And speaking of yesterday, Marvin Olasky’s review of Expelled from the current issue of WORLD set, as far as I can tell, the one-day record of views of a single article over at our WORLDMag.com site, accounting for nearly one quarter of our overall traffic. If all of these people talking and reading about the movie actually go see it, there’s no doubt it’ll be a hit. And one can imagine the amount of discussion that’ll ensue once everyone has actually seen the film.