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Excellent adaptation.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

What I liked the most for this version of Jesus-picture, is the point of view that Jesus has broken with the tradition of his people to fight for the Promised Land. No more war but look out for peace and freedom in your hearth and the hearth of mankind. It's a very eastern, almost Budhistic view of life.So Jesus didn't want to follow the Zelotes uprating while the sword doesn't (didn't) bring peace. This is a nice switch after the God of wrath in the series starting by Adam and Eve to Esther at the end. Well done.

The life and times of Jesus of Nazereth, from His humble beginnings to his destiny as the son of God. This movie presents a more human Jesus, that laughs and cries like anyone else. He even dances and He jokes with his disciples. Jeremy Sisto is outstanding as Jesus. Excellent special effects and costumes of the age. We see the Sermon on the Mount, the many temptations of Satan (as a man and as a woman), the selection of the Apostles, the Last Super and of course the brutal Crucifixion and His Resurrection. This movie is like no other you've seen about Jesus Christ.The TV teleplay is written by Suzette Couture and directed by Roger Young. An all-star cast that also features: Debra Messing, Jacqueline Bisset, Gary Oldman, G.W. Bailey, David O'Hara, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Luca Zingaretti, Stephanie Rocca, Claudio Amendola and Joroen Krabbe.

Where I did not like this movie's depiction of Jesus so much, I prefer its Roman scenes over "Jesus of Nazareth (1977)", which has the better Jesus but the weaker Pilate. Especially the theater scene was very original. And then there are the flash-forwards to the Crusades, inquisition and world-wide war. The costumes, style and scenery are nearly perfect.Actors: Jeremy Sisto does an okay job as Jesus, looks the way you'd expect him to. Thomas Lockyer plays a convincingly guilt-stricken Judas. Jeroen Krabbé as Satan fulfilled his duty as well. The one who steals the show and the movie's big selling point, of course, is Gary Oldman as Pontius Pilate. A most intriguing villain.The idea of Pilate plotting Jesus' death after the Jews' backs also worked for the movie, but it is not very Biblical. In fact, the gospels state that Pilate tried to have him freed (John 19:12). There are other nit-picks I could offer, but I'll refrain from it.Some other lasting images include the Last Supper scene and the movie's unconventional devil. Satan's presence in the movie is stretched out very inventively, but failed to convince me fully.But, then again, will we ever have THE perfect Bible movie? Still, I definitely recommend this one.

I am so happy a movie like this was made it is what I feel to be the best depiction of this story in movie form that I have ever seen. I can show it to my baby and I know she would pay attention because she get's right into movies and I know this one would capture anyones attention. I have been recommending it to my friends for years since the first time I've seen it. Unfortunately it has been hard to find I've been looking for it so that I can purchase it and no-one seems to know what particular one I am referring to. Now that I have looked it up here I have a better idea of what I'm looking for and what to tell sellers when I am looking for this powerful heartfelt movie about my favorite person of all time.