The Passion of the Christ (2004)

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

This came out when I was 5 and my parents refused to let me see it. How could my devout parents not want me to see a movie about Jesus?Well, flaying, whipping, spear in a side, nailing, a suicide, an ear cut off, thorns piercing your forehead, etc. is not kid-friendly.That is not to say that's bad. The movie focuses on Good Friday, and historically it was a violent day. But no one under high school age should see this,it is too overwhelming for younger kids. (I was 14 when I first saw it)And about the anti-Semitic controversy, I think you should know that if this is against Jewish people then this movie is against Jesus!

Movie Review: "The Passion of The Christ" (2004)Director Mel Gibson gives the the "New Testament" a perspective of ultra-violence, only late director Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) could have imagined in his life-time, where actor Jim Caviezel as historic, eventually fictitious figure of Jesus of Nazareth, must endure "The Impossible" of carrying a wooden cross in size of an contemporary automobile to a mountain top only to be crucified under "Roman Justice" in the year 33 AD, when supporting actress with beautiful, yet desperate face, Monica Bellucci begs and cries for mercy as legendary biblical prostitute "Maria Magdalene", the director pulls every strings of graphic violent visual to arrest the audience for two hours throughout - nevertheless to believe it or not - as "The Passion of the Christ" becomes full-frontal Hollywood hardcore entertainment.Copyright 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

It has been 14 years now, and this is my first review. After seeing it tonight in honor of Jesus' resurrection and Easter, I bump my rating from 8 to 9. I thought the film was far to brutal, and violent at first watch. I remember so many of my fellow church members were in utter shock. No one could speak. Many were bawling. It was almost as stunning to see the audience reaction, as it was to see the film. Thinking about it, and seeing it again makes me realize the brutality, and violence was a necessary cinematic theme. I mean Jesus was absorbing ALL of man's sins. The film was beautiful, and terrifying at the same time. That is quite an accomplishment by Gibson. Of course the beauty lies in the scenes between Jesus, and Mary, and Jesus and his disciples. The whole cast was excellent especially Morgenstern as Mary, and Caviezel as Jesus. As a Christian, I feel the film was wonderful, and quite devout. We need more Christian films like this, As a film lover, the film was excellent in nearly every respect

I must conclude that the 7.2 rating for this movie as i am writing this is mostly due to people upset with Mel Gibson himself. The film as far as films go is a masterpiece. Truly amazing! That is saying a lot since I think most films of the past 20 years are awful. The budget for this picture was 30 million and it earned 620-700 million just in box office sales. There is a reason for that, the movie is great. If you are not religiously bound or simply anti-Gibson then you are in for a treat. 10+ stars!!