Us
Captain Marvel
Widows
The Walking Dead
Log in with Facebook
OR
By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.
Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password.
We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified.
Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.
Mary Magdalene has obvious reverence for its subject; unfortunately, it lacks enough momentum or depth of character to make her story interesting.
All Critics (60) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (37)
It's a cheerless, ideologically driven movie. Mar 21, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's a cheerless, ideologically driven movie.
Paul Byrnes
It ripples with interesting ideas, but the overall effect is glassy and inert, with Rooney Mara's Mary an oddly elusive presence in the film that carries her name. Mar 8, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It ripples with interesting ideas, but the overall effect is glassy and inert, with Rooney Mara's Mary an oddly elusive presence in the film that carries her name.
Philip De Semlyen
Mary Magdalene only snaps into focus as narrative when we get to Jerusalem, chiefly because it gives these kids something to physically rail against - moneylenders, Judas kisses, Romans, and all. It's a little on the late side, though. Feb 27, 2018 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Mary Magdalene only snaps into focus as narrative when we get to Jerusalem, chiefly because it gives these kids something to physically rail against - moneylenders, Judas kisses, Romans, and all. It's a little on the late side, though.
Eric Kohn
Other than to show that a woman called Mary who wasn't a prostitute was involved in the final weeks of the Jesus story, I have no idea what the filmmakers wanted for this project. I'm pretty sure they didn't achieve it. Feb 27, 2018 | Full Review…
Other than to show that a woman called Mary who wasn't a prostitute was involved in the final weeks of the Jesus story, I have no idea what the filmmakers wanted for this project. I'm pretty sure they didn't achieve it.
Jason Solomons
Sets itself a bold task: to rescue Mary Magdalene from an age-old tradition of patriarchal condescension and misinterpretation. And yet it winds up embracing a solemn, softly-spoken and slow-moving Christian piety of its own. Feb 27, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Sets itself a bold task: to rescue Mary Magdalene from an age-old tradition of patriarchal condescension and misinterpretation. And yet it winds up embracing a solemn, softly-spoken and slow-moving Christian piety of its own.
Peter Bradshaw
Hushed, deliberate and realised with considerable care and beauty, the resulting film has its heart entirely in the right place; its pulse, unfortunately, is far harder to locate. Feb 27, 2018 | Full Review…
Hushed, deliberate and realised with considerable care and beauty, the resulting film has its heart entirely in the right place; its pulse, unfortunately, is far harder to locate.
Guy Lodge
Beautiful to look at, well performed by Rahim and Mara, and gorgeous to listen to. However its failure to achieve its primary goal of telling the story of Mary of Magdala is indefensible. Feb 26, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Beautiful to look at, well performed by Rahim and Mara, and gorgeous to listen to. However its failure to achieve its primary goal of telling the story of Mary of Magdala is indefensible.
David Brake
The film tries to offend the least amount of people possible. [Full Review in Spanish] Jan 30, 2019 | Full Review…
The film tries to offend the least amount of people possible. [Full Review in Spanish]
David Ocadiz
A well-constructed drama, but one that will inform rather than inspire. Jan 8, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A well-constructed drama, but one that will inform rather than inspire.
James Luxford
Navel-gazing and listless, Mary Magdalene is nevertheless an affecting, contemplative hagiography of a biblical figure which is more inclined towards an arthouse aesthetic than anything in the "faith-based" sub-genre. Oct 29, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Navel-gazing and listless, Mary Magdalene is nevertheless an affecting, contemplative hagiography of a biblical figure which is more inclined towards an arthouse aesthetic than anything in the "faith-based" sub-genre.
Joel Mayward
Doesn't have the teeth to properly wrestle with its theological themes nor the bite to give the titular figure's perspective any real clarity. Sep 10, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Doesn't have the teeth to properly wrestle with its theological themes nor the bite to give the titular figure's perspective any real clarity.
Ross Miller
Davis keeps the effort crawling along, electing to make something visually appealing and insular than traditionally dramatic. Jul 28, 2018 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Davis keeps the effort crawling along, electing to make something visually appealing and insular than traditionally dramatic.
Brian Orndorf
For a film about Mary Magdalene, there is sadly too much here about Jesus Christ and "God's design" and not enough about herself, as she becomes little more than a passive spectator in a story that poorly tries to depict life as a woman in such a strongly patriarchal society.
Super Reviewer
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.
View All