My evaluation of The Passion of the Christ will be set out in two sections. For example, one film critic called it “big, bold, nightmarishly beautiful”,1 while another described it as a “primitive and pornographic bloodbath.”2 It was also particularly controversial in being charged with antisemitism and containing excessive violence. However, the film received polarized reviews within various spheres of society, including evangelicals. It is the highest grossing foreign language film, religious film, and R-rated film in US box office history.
The Passion of the Christ was met with commercial success, grossing more than $600 million worldwide. These last hours recount Jesus’ distress in the garden of Gethsemane, his capture, his various trials before the Sanhedrin, Herod and Pilate, his scourging, followed finally by his crucifixion and briefly his resurrection from the dead. The Passion of the Christ, directed by Mel Gibson, is a film which presents the last twelve hours of Jesus’ life, largely according to the Gospel accounts found in the Bible, yet drawing on some extra-biblical materials.
I wrote a paper on this movie and thought it may be helpful to some.
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