The Young Messiah (2016)
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Cast
as Jesus
as Mary
as Joseph
as Herod
as James
as Severus
as James
as Cleopas
as Old Rabbi (Nazareth)
as Miriam
as Salome
as Roman Squad Leader
as Old Sarah
as Blind Rabbi
as Satan
as Seleni
as Eleazer's Mother
as Eleazer's Father
as Female Soothsayer
as Eleazer's Father
as Bald Soothsayer
as Optio
as Physician
as Cynical Stranger
as Eli - Impoverished Pilgrim
as Pilgrim 2
as Assailant
as Wiseman 3
as Riba
as Eleazer's Cousin
as Mother Crying
as Wizened Soothsayer
as Dove Seller
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Critic Reviews for The Young Messiah
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The Young Messiah struggles to hold its audience's attention.
"The Young Messiah" performs no miracles.
We know how the story ends, so there's little in the way of tension.
This uninspiring, borderline inept spiritual drama about the Son of God's formative years preaches to the choir.
This pious drama is a work of minimal imagination and even less subtlety.
Perhaps realizing that enticing nonbelievers into another movie about the life of Christ may necessitate the wild-style of a director like Darren Aronofsky, the filmmakers decided to play it safe rather than risk conservative Evangelical rejection.
Audience Reviews for The Young Messiah
Based on an Anne Rice novel, The Young Messiah is an apocryphal story about Jesus Christ as a child. Set after the death of King Herod the Great, Joseph and Mary decide to end their exile in Egypt and move back to Nazareth while also grappling with what to tell Jesus as he starts questioning who he is and his abilities. Most of the film seems inspired by non-canonical Christian scriptures, which present some interesting questions but don't have a lot to say spiritually. Nevertheless, it's an interesting story and the production values are really good. Also, the use of fresh unknown actors helps with the authentic period feel. The Young Messiah isn't bad film really, but it undercuts its relevance by going outside of traditional Christian mythology.
Super Reviewer
Standard speculative conjecture about what might've happened in the life of Christ when he was only a wee one, delivered in that mock seriousness these types of films revel in. Ho-hum. Still, better than Risen was. Already waiting for Mel Gibson's follow-up to Passion of The Christ.
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The Young Messiah Quotes
| Cleopas: | "I hate hiding in caves!" |
| Cleopas: | I hate hiding in caves! |
| Joseph: | Your questions are the questions of a child and your answers are for a man. |
| Joseph: |
| Jesus: | You don't know the answers, do you? You don't know what's going to happen! (to Satan) |
| Jesus: | You don't know the answers, do you? You don't know what's going to happen! |
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| Joseph: | How do we explain God to His own son? |