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11/07/03
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The Gospel of John (2003)
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Reviews Counted:48
Fresh:18
Rotten:30
Average Rating:5/10
Theatrical Release:Sep 26, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $3,862,285
Synopsis: A momentous undertaking involving a creative constituency of award-winning artists and esteemed academic and theological consultants from around the world, Visual Bible's THE GOSPEL OF JOHN is an... [More]
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Reviews for The Gospel of John
This depiction of the passion of Christ as interpreted by the Apostle John sorely lacks spirit.
11/13/03
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04/09/04
as for the text itself that has the Jews egging Pilate on, well, it is what it is. And that would be less than philo-semetic.
02/15/04
A slick, earnest, ultimately inert adaptation of the eponymous book of the Bible.
11/14/03
A slugglishly painful, uninteresting film that might be of value to New Testament students who don't like to read words unless they come with pictures.
11/07/04
[Saville's] ability to serve the text is remarkable, and he is able to demonstrate that the story of Christ is extraordinarily powerful, whether we regard these events as divine or not.
11/03/03
In casting, period accuracy and thoughtful, reasoned tone, it is superior to almost all religious films ever made, especially by Hollywood.
10/24/03
The "Word made flesh" has now become the Word made visible. In an age of visuals, it might just attract many who would never take the time to read John's gospel.
10/25/06
If you can come out of a 3-hour movie and say, 'Wow', then it must be divine.
09/26/03
Feels like the longest Sunday school class ever.
01/15/04
Except for a few scenes that evoke the reverent beauty of Renaissance painting, the filmmaking and acting are awfully stiff -- certainly not worthy of the timeless story being told.
11/13/03
A word-for-word adaptation of the New Testament book ... Nothing was added and nothing was omitted.
01/15/04
All due respect to the Bible, but just because a book is good doesn't mean it can be transferred directly to the screen without some streamlining, adapting and adjusting.
02/07/04
Whether you believe Jesus was the Messiah, it is a powerful experience. The movie's images stick.
10/24/03
Top CriticIt's a straightforward, unimaginative narrative, and thus not very memorable.
04/02/04
A surprisingly professional, smoothly realized adaptation...faithful to its source and sensitively translated into cinematic terms.
09/26/03
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02/24/04
This won't be mistaken for a Cecil B. DeMille production but has considerable value as a primer into part of the New Testament.
11/04/03
An artful, well-made production.
04/01/04
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