A woman working in an abortion clinic (Linda Fiorentino) discovers that she is descended from the same lineage as Jesus Christ and it's up to her to save the world from total annihilation.
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During my sophomore year of high school, we had to read a book called "Sophie's World". It's about a young girl who receives anonymous messages in her mailbox which lead to her learning about numerous famous philosophers. A pretty brilliant way to teach kids philosophy, couch it within the context of a mystery narrative. Like they say: A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. Interestingly enough, the film Dogma was also released that same year. Though the finished film leaves much to be desired visually, the screenplay is a work of genius. Like "Sophie's World" it is able to take a lot of complex/thought provoking ideas and make them palatable by inserting them into an interesting narrative - filled with dick and fart jokes. The perfect movie for an hormonal high school kid with big questions.
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