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(1 - 9) of 9 OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh Page   1   3.5/5 "It's Jesus Christ's greatest hits in this Pasolini classic, a scrappy and odd adaptation of, as the title suggests, the Book of Matthew."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null 82/100 "Striking juxtaposition of the poetic and prosaic."   Cinemania   Dan Jardine B "A quirky version of Matthew's story, one that was closer in accord with fundamentalist beliefs than Marxist tenets."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Pier Paolo Pasolini benefited from the very austerity that underlies the particular and at the same time universal center of this film."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 2/4 "what Pasolini's simple, bleak vision proves is that small and spare is really no more effective than glorious and overblown when trying to adapt the Gospels to the screen"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 4/4 "The slightly uncomfortable close-ups that dominate [it] place the audience in a position where they're closer than they might have ever expected to be to the towering Biblical figures that dominate the Passion play."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman C "seen with 2003 eyes, Pasolini's work presents only the letter of the gospel and leaves out its spiritual essence"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit A+ "Its most enduring achievement is an ironic one, given Pasolini's Marxism: No other life-of-Christ film is so contemplative."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 3/4 Read review   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes  (1 - 9) of 9 OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh Page   1