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Mary Magdalene has obvious reverence for its subject; unfortunately, it lacks enough momentum or depth of character to make her story interesting.
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This is a noble effort, but ultimately Mary Magdalene isn't much less of a mystery than she was at the start of the journey. May 3, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
This is a noble effort, but ultimately Mary Magdalene isn't much less of a mystery than she was at the start of the journey.
Richard Roeper
It's a well-meaning, good-looking effort - but those elements don't necessarily make for good watching. One needs to be in the mood for this sort of thing. Apr 19, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
It's a well-meaning, good-looking effort - but those elements don't necessarily make for good watching. One needs to be in the mood for this sort of thing.
Matthew Lickona
There's exactly one image in the film that reflects a modicum of directorial imagination... Apr 18, 2019 | Full Review…
There's exactly one image in the film that reflects a modicum of directorial imagination...
Richard Brody
[A]n imperfect but affecting vision of New Testament times. Apr 12, 2019 | Full Review…
[A]n imperfect but affecting vision of New Testament times.
Justin Chang
Mary Magdalene moved me in a way that no previous film about Christianity ever has. Apr 12, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Mary Magdalene moved me in a way that no previous film about Christianity ever has.
Nick Allen
Johann Johannsson's comically overbearing score is just interesting enough to justify the entire project, but Mary Magdalene is ultimately an unnecessary cinematic resurrection. Apr 11, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Johann Johannsson's comically overbearing score is just interesting enough to justify the entire project, but Mary Magdalene is ultimately an unnecessary cinematic resurrection.
Barry Hertz
It is so slow and so boring. Sep 26, 2019 | Full Review…
It is so slow and so boring.
Tim Cogshell
The meta-narrative and the film's narrative never coalesce into anything insightful, for all of its good intentions. Sep 26, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
The meta-narrative and the film's narrative never coalesce into anything insightful, for all of its good intentions.
Rhys Tarling
Neither its director knows how to take advantage of the approach, nor the lead actress manages to deliver the intensity that characterizes the film. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 24, 2019 | Full Review…
Neither its director knows how to take advantage of the approach, nor the lead actress manages to deliver the intensity that characterizes the film. [Full Review in Spanish]
Mikel Zorrilla
Judea, AD 33, is a patriarchy chafing under Roman rule into which wilful Mary, not a prostitute as popularly supposed but a parental handful all the same, doesn't fit. Jul 6, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Judea, AD 33, is a patriarchy chafing under Roman rule into which wilful Mary, not a prostitute as popularly supposed but a parental handful all the same, doesn't fit.
Andiee Paviour
Unfortunately, rather than explore what exactly it was that drove [Mary Magdalene] along, Garth Davis's film is more content to simply push her personal narrative to the side while going about the usual Bible-movie business. May 3, 2019 | Full Review…
Unfortunately, rather than explore what exactly it was that drove [Mary Magdalene] along, Garth Davis's film is more content to simply push her personal narrative to the side while going about the usual Bible-movie business.
Peter Sobczynski
Mary Magdalene presents a feminist defense of Mary and more shading to Jesus's other apostles, but its particular method of world-building does little in terms of impact. May 1, 2019 | Full Review…
Mary Magdalene presents a feminist defense of Mary and more shading to Jesus's other apostles, but its particular method of world-building does little in terms of impact.
Roxana Hadadi
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