Sunday school by way of traffic school.
Comment
02/13/04
Rate this Movie 
The Gospel of John (2003)
38
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
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]
Get This Movie
Rent DVD
Click on the "ADD" button to put this movie into your Netflix queue.
Buy DVD
Reviews for The Gospel of John
Although it might test the patience of the non-believer, for those who take their Christianity seriously, this probably is worth seeing.
02/12/04
Top Critic...a mild, willfully inoffensive film focusing on Jesus' message of love.
12/26/04
The greatest story ever told? I don't know about that, but it remains a real humdinger.
10/22/03
The sad truth is that director Philip Saville and writer John Goldsmith have made a picture book rather than a film, one that leans so heavily on Christopher Plummer's placid voice-over narration as to be cinematically inert.
04/02/04
Despite its apparently Bible Belt-focused release strategy, the film might actually alienate the faithful thanks to a plodding pace.
09/26/03
A handsome, word-for-word interpretation of the fourth and perhaps most spiritual of the New Testament's gospels.
09/26/03
Events unfold as chronological vignettes, and there's little room for screenwriter John Goldsmith to reimagine scenes to mine their full dramatic potential.
04/01/04
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
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
This slavish faithfulness to scripture is death to theatrical standards of drama.
11/25/03
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
The heart of The Gospel of John ... is Mr. Cusick's performance.
09/25/03
I found this Gospel long, dull and, for the most part, acted without apparent inspiration.
02/13/04
Top CriticThe performances are flat and lifeless (Cusick may look the part, but he has no real charisma), and even Christopher Plummer, as narrator, is less than lively, reading in an all too reverent monotone, suggesting even he's having a hard time staying awake.
02/13/04
This depiction of the passion of Christ as interpreted by the Apostle John sorely lacks spirit.
11/13/03
Click to read the article
02/24/04
There is barely a whisper of the spirit, the lifeblood, the passion that has marked the cinema's most memorable explorations of Jesus' life.
11/12/03
Top CriticAll 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
[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
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
Best Sci-Fi This Decade 
Techland lists the best Sci-Fi films of this decade.
40 Worst Films of the 2000s
Moviefone takes a look back at the biggest stinkers of the past 10 years.
10 Questions For Zac Efron
The Me and Orson Welles star answers reader questions on TIME.com.
Best Decade Ever!
Hollywood.com's C. Robert Cargill offers his thoughts on what the best decade for film was.
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
In the AV Club's "Scenic Routes," Mike D'Angelo reminisces about the Tim Burton film.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds