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This is not a film for neophytes: It proceeds from the assumption that the viewer is familiar with the events and people of Jesus' life, and is probably right in doing so: Its intended audience is seriously Christian.Full Review

Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide

Filled with close-ups of Jesus and his apostles (all the better to hide the absence of elaborate period sets), mixing quotes from the Scripture with flat exposition, this low-budget affair is earnest and, alas, more than a little bit cartoonish.Full Review

Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

Save for Jesus' skin color, which he shares with some of his fellow Jews, little about the story is re-imagined or re-evaluated.Full Review

Chris Kaltenbach
Baltimore Sun

Once the revisionist frisson of a black Jesus, not to mention Mary, Joseph and Judas, has worn off, one is stuck with more mundane matters such as story dynamics, visual style and character verisimilitude, much to the misfortune of the audience.Full Review

Todd McCarthy
Variety

This feels like a cramped, TV-style retelling, with small groups of people, no special effects, in some ways almost cheesy.Full Review

Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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