Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.
The Unbelievers is a straightforward documentary following Dawkins and Krauss on their speaking tour, functioning largely as a promotional vehicle for their views rather than a deeply investigative or cinematically ambitious film. The plot is essentially a road doc with minimal narrative arc or tension. The cinematography is competent but unremarkable, with standard talking-head and conference footage. Novelty is limited as the atheism-vs-religion documentary space was already well-trodden by 2013. The ending offers no particular resolution or insight beyond the journey itself. Acting is not applicable in the traditional sense, but the subjects' on-screen presence is adequate if occasionally preachy.