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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
This is a wonderful film. One of my all time favourites. Thought provoking, funny, controversial and intelligent. The subtitling is good, but if you have any french you will gain all the more from it. I do recommend this film to those seeking an intelligent and modern interpretation of Christ's passion. You will get more from the film if you have a grounding in the bible version; but it's not for the fainthearted or straight-laced as it throws down many challenges to orthodox christian interpretation.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A group of young actors put on an updated, radical version of the
passion play, and find new meanings in their lives, spiritual and
otherwise along the way.
At the same time, they battle the hypocrisy of the Church that asked
them to 'freshen up' the text, but are unprepared for a questioning,
complex work of art.
Sometimes the symbolic references to the Bible are too literal and
heavy handed. And some of the satire of Montreal's shallow bourgeois
art lovers and sell-out advertisers is way too on the nose. But there's
something powerful in the film's moments of ambiguity and in the
fragile humanity of it's characters.
And the actual passion play itself - full of doubt and using
archaeological history to question more literal, fundamentalist
interpretations of the Bible is both intellectually fascinating and
moving.
Flawed enough that it possibly deserves a lower rating, but it haunts
me.
passion play, and find new meanings in their lives, spiritual and
otherwise along the way.
At the same time, they battle the hypocrisy of the Church that asked
them to 'freshen up' the text, but are unprepared for a questioning,
complex work of art.
Sometimes the symbolic references to the Bible are too literal and
heavy handed. And some of the satire of Montreal's shallow bourgeois
art lovers and sell-out advertisers is way too on the nose. But there's
something powerful in the film's moments of ambiguity and in the
fragile humanity of it's characters.
And the actual passion play itself - full of doubt and using
archaeological history to question more literal, fundamentalist
interpretations of the Bible is both intellectually fascinating and
moving.
Flawed enough that it possibly deserves a lower rating, but it haunts
me.
This is a film for Easter especially. It is about how Christianity can be locked in the past and "what has always been" and about how people respond when those with courage and inspiration do try to move it forward. It is also about how those involved in the production of an Easter play become changed themselves in their involvement with the Easter story. I have watched it a couple of Easters on a borrowed copy but now have my own to dip into. Having said all that though it is not just for those with an interest in Christianity it has meaning for all.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Beautiful and bittersweet
This is lovely, whether you're religious or not. It is not just a film about Christ but about humans, relationships, feelings, dreams, determination, and love. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Catfish
good first half but lacking a fantastical element
This film starts well and for the first half of it is very well observed and often witty too. The setting of the passion play is wonderful and has great atmosphere. Read more
Published on 4 May 2010 by Mr. Robert Marsland
A witty and powerful take on the gospel
I first saw this film maybe fifteen years ago, and it had a profound impact. The plot is not original: an actor is recruited by a church to play Jesus in a Passion play, and as he... Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2008 by Mr. J. Griffiths
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We might all be waiting for the second coming, but here is something to keep us entertained meanwhile. Read more
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