The Lion of Judah

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When Judah the Lamb is taken by the townspeople to become a sacrifice, his six new friends from a Bethlehem stable have to go to his rescue! An incredible adventure follows, full of danger, drama and heroes. Judah's new friends, led by Slink the clever mouse (Ernest Borgnine) and Esmay the motherly cow (Sandy Patti) meet up with Jack (Scott Eastwood), a teen-aged donkey with an attitude! Jack is less than happy to be part of the crew, but when the furry and feathered band of stable animals get separated and need saving, it's Jack who rushes to their rescue. Even the best efforts of Jack and the rest of the stable friends are not enough to save Judah. In this incredible tale of adventure and compassion, it takes the greatest hero of all, The King, to save Judah... and all the other animals, too! --(c) Official Site

Rating:

PG (for some mild thematic elements)
Genre:

Animation, Kids & Family
Directed By:

Deryck Broom, Roger Hawkins
Written By:

Brent Dawes
In Theaters:

Mar 25, 2011 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 27, 2012
Runtime:

87 minutes
Studio:

Rocky Mountain Pictures

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Cast

Georgina Cordova
as Judah

Ernest Borgnine
as Slink

Sandi Patty
as Esmay

Anupam Kher
as Monty

Scott Eastwood
as Jack

Michael Madsen
as Boss

Alphonso McAuley
as Drake

Omar Benson Miller
as Horace

Bruce Marchiano
as Voice

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Critic Reviews for The Lion of Judah

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (2)

The slapdash animation is matched in kind by the patched-together story.

Jun 3, 2011 | Full Review…

Andrew Barker
Variety
Top Critic
The Lion of Judah turns out to be a lamb and this Bible story with animals turns out to be exceedingly lame.

Jun 3, 2011 | Full Review…

Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
Top Critic
The meek may inherit the Earth, but they won't do well at the multiplex if they can't do better than this.

Jan 8, 2013 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Roger Moore
Tribune News Service
Amateurish animation mars Christian animal tale about Jesus.

Jun 7, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media
The film's website calls it the 'first ever 3-D animated, family-friendly, faith-based movie,' but you may call it 'The Passion of the Christ' meets 'Babe.'

Jun 6, 2011 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
This isn't a warm, gently humorous, inoffensive parable about values, like the VeggieTales series. No, this is so much more horrible (and fascinating) than that.

Jun 6, 2011 | Full Review…

Kristian M. Lin
Fort Worth Weekly