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Created Mar 01, 2014 07:12AM PST • Edited Mar 01, 2014 07:12AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Barely OK 2.0

   Son of God had the potential to be an Easter season blockbuster,but instead – it mostly fell flat. Instead of big-screen immersion, you get a made-for-TV feel. Instead of Jesus as a dynamic, powerful presence – you get a wimpy, almost icky man. Instead of a sense of good and evil, you get this sort of mushy non-committal middle ground. What’s worse, is that I read that film often got quotes wrong, and spends more time mis-charecterizing Jewish elders than it does on Roman brutality. And finally, because the execution was so flat, the movie was way to looooooonnnnnnnng…. and viewer stamina runs out well before any chance at impressing anyone. I’m not a bible scholar by any means, but my impression is that if you are, you will be sorely disappointed.

4. Acting

   Good 3.0

   Some of the bright spots were Sebastian Kapp as John, Joe Wredden as Judas, and Greg Hicks as Pilate. Diogo Morgado as Jesus was pretty, but not impressive.

5. Male Stars Good 3.0

6. Female Stars Good 3.0

7. Female Costars Good 3.0

8. Male Costars Good 3.0

10. Film

    Barely OK 2.0

    There was some impressive Moroccan scenery, but it mostly could have been filmed anywhere – like Nevada for example.

11. Direction Barely OK 2.0

12. Play Barely OK 2.0

13. Music Barely OK 2.0

14. Visuals Barely OK 2.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 1.6

17. Sex Titillating 1.6

18. Violence Fierce 1.6

19. Rudeness Salty 1.6

21. Reality

    Natural 1.0

    Ummm…. I think I’ll stay away from this setting.

22. Circumstantial Natural 1.0

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0