an interesting film. for the desire to give a nuanced portrait of Crist. for exploration of His humanity with a splendid courage. for Jeremy Sisto performance, who could not be a real surprise. a honest movie about the most delicate subject. but... its virtues are, in same measure, its sins. because the image of Savior is precise and the Gospels are not ordinary script. because few connections between characters seems be forced. because, in many moments it is too... American.sure, it is an exercise to present a complete image of Jesus. and it is difficult to say than it is a not inspired work. but the reserves - nothing new about the theme remains after its end. because, after all, Jesus is the Son of God for many viewers. and despite than it is only an artistic creation, the clash with faith is expected event.

Shame on the makers of this film. I agree, this movie is an abomination! In this version, John the Baptist tells Jesus to repent of his sins. Jesus had NO sins! That's why He was able to redeem us of our sins when He was crucified. Mother Mary has to prompt Jesus to go out into the world to find His way??! WRONG! Jesus needed NO prompting to do God's will and accomplish His mission. Jesus knew exactly who he was from the time he was a small child, which is why he stayed in His Father's Temple at 12 years old. Nothing in this film is scripturally accurate! It's disgusting and pathetic. Watch "Jesus of Nazareth" starring Robert Powell, which is the closest-to-the-truth film version that you will find about our Lord Jesus Christ.

I was hideously appalled at this Soap-Opera version of the Life of Jesus. Jeremy Sisto did not portray Jesus in a divine light. I was unconvinced that his character even had a clue he was the Son of God. He acted like it was a surprise. Like Jesus woke up one morning and went, "I am the Son of God?"...."No Way"..... blasphemy. Jesus did Fully GOD and fully man. Period! He knew always! The Fact is that Jesus was never in love with Mary. Either Martha's sister or the prostitute. This film adds so many unbiblical ideals, that 90% of the movie is not even found in scripture. The bible never showed Jesus' mother Mary and Mary Magdalene as friends. There are so many biblical screw-ups in this film. My advice is do not watch it. It will lead you away from the scriptures. It will put ideas in your head about the Bible which are not true. Avoid this blasphemous work of trash and read your bible. There is the only true account of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I ordered it off of Amazon. I am taking it tomorrow to sell. Trash!

I was going to be a little harsh about the style but the more I read the defender's comments the more I realized how important any telling of this most important story is. That comment alone can seem like hyperbole, but what other film can influence a decision that is most likely going to effect your afterlife? Seriously when you assume that each film telling is going to be not a reinforcement of the Gospels but rather a filling in. The difference is that this movie deviated from the Bible, but in doing so may not cause as much damage is claimed and if it creates any interest at all in finding out "how accurate" (I am assuming that most people will not see this is a replacement of the Gospels, but ultimately any discussion about Jesus allows others to draw in to the accurate truth. If that is what happens, then I am sure this film will save more than it loses. There is no question about that and isn't that justification enough? TO know absolutely that more people will be saved and possibly fewer and possibly nobody will be lost because of this film.So what are my critiques? This film uses Hollywood style at times in annoying ways. It could have and perhaps should have used more characters to use to tell information that in the Gospels is either from different characters than the film, or from unknown characters. Having Joseph explain that Matthew is a tax collector involves 2 characters that almost certainly never said what they did in this film. Worse, using Joseph (and following a Hollywood technique that is annoying whether or not it is noticed is drawing the story in to a limited number of characters to make the story and places involved almost seem smaller than they were. They do this to make you care more about fewer people. This is assumed to be the only way you can be "moved emotionally" because all of whatever is shown happening only ever involved maybe 20 people. That is the worst thing I can say.However, the special effects remind us (while never fooling us) about how powerful a vision can feel. Only film can do that. Many argue that is precisely why film should never be used. Maybe they are right, but maybe this generation has grown up being drawn in by such techniques and films like Star Wars draw them in more than stories at the church. If this film save even a few lost to Star Wars, would it then be worth it? I loved the Satanic fantasies, those are worth the cost. Are they not?