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(1 - 50) of 67 OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten Page   12   > Next 5/10 "Beautiful, violent -- and also funny for all the wrong reasons, and boring."   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel A "One of the best films of this middle-aged decade."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark C "Passion might be a courageous, visceral, boldly artistic motion picture, but that it doesn’t make a very convincing dramatic experience."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "This problem of truth -- how it might be defined, known, or told -- underlies most all of Mel Gibson's film."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/5 "The Passion is a beautiful film, but an empty one."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius A "Mel Gibson’s personal vision of the persecution and death of Christ is relentless, brutal... and brilliant."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 2/4 "Mel's rockpile is akin to taking Oliver Twist (another well-thumbed literary tome) and focusing entirely on the scene in which Bill Sykes bludgeons Nancy to death."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 4/4 "The bottom line is that The Passion of the Christ is an astonishing cinematic achievement, utterly riveting from start to finish."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair F "Has such anti-Semitic possibilities and no upside for anyone but believers in Mel's vision that the execution of Christ is more important than his life."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Whatever demons fueled Mel Gibson's longtime passion to mount this work, no redemption is to be found in the one-dimensional result."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 3/4 "How anyone could call Gibson's filmic account anti-Semitic is mindboggling in its confused narrow-mindedness."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman "A high-art snuff film...an unhealthy, inhuman, pornographic, masochistic torture mechanism."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez "La conmoción deja paso al rechazo o a la admiración con que los maquilladores lograron esas heridas en el cuerpo del actor (lo que se asemeja mucho a la indiferencia)."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio A "The Passion of the Christ is a rare thing indeed, then: a work of art that succeeds as a film, as a message, and, yes, as a labor of love."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 4/4 "The Passion of the Christ is a tremendous FILM and if you look at it through those eyes you may believe that too. "   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress D "If what you are looking for is an overwrought, hyper-violent reenactment of Jesus' final hours, that is what you will get here, and no more."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3.5/4 "No voy siquiera a pretender revisar esta película como cualquier otra, porque no lo es."   Doncinema.com   Flavio J. Arosemena 3/4 "...captivating and provocative in its exquisite spirit. The Passion of the Christ is an ambitious and visceral undertaking that demands acceptance."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C+ "It definitely makes the viewer suffer--but it's debatable if by itself that's a truly enlightening contribution to one's understanding of Christ's message."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "The most compelling message of this unflinching, powerful, and haunting movie is that in Jesus' name we are obligated to extend our compassion to victims everywhere."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat C- "As a film -- and more importantly, as a document of faith -- it is a dismayingly simplistic, obvious, overbearing waste remarkable only for the quantities of blood it spills."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 3.5/4 "A gripping, powerful motion picture -- arguably the most forceful depiction of Jesus' death ever to be committed to film."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "a film about the last hours of Christ that is both reverent, but also frighteningly realistic and frequently daring"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 2/5 "Mel Gibson's labor of love about the death of Jesus is incredibly labored, recasting his Crucifixion in crimson, slo-mo cliches."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3/4 "Gibson's passion is all over this film...but his resorting to mawkish, superficial tactics blows the tone off-course from time to time"   Perihelion Journal   Jay Antani 2/4 "Saturated with vengeance, betrayal, and melodrama, Mel Gibson's sadistic take on Jesus’ final twelve hours screams bloody murder."   Aufmuth.com   Jeanne Aufmuth 8/10 "I expected to leave my viewing of the film feeling battered and bruised, but instead I felt very peaceful. Seeing the strength required for forgiveness uplifted me."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 2/4 "Jesus Christ is remote, a Superman among men, and his teardrops shake the earth."   Slant Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp 8/10 "This is one man's vision of that time and as a movie... it's pretty damn good!"   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 2/4 " For a filmmaker who wants to create an adaptation of the story of Jesus, Mel Gibson's motives seem ironically impure."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 89/100 "Dead languages and horrific violence aside, this is a film everyone should see, whether they hold any religious beliefs or not."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi 6/10 "...the director spends so much time recounting in minute and realistic detail the agony of Christ that he neglects the stronger, spiritual message, of love and kindness."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "As the film's director, Gibson has a hard time letting the text speak for itself. He seems intent on creating a testament to his own sins."   Light Views   John Larsen 6/10 "In terms of films based upon outlandish stories, I'm way more worried about how Alfonso Cuarón is going to handle the next Harry Potter movie."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick "While The Passion will succeed for some and fail for others as theology, it fails as a movie because of the single-mindedness of vision that blinds the filmmaker to the elements of storytelling a movie needs to spread its case beyond the faithful."   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 2/4 "Mr. Gibson has plucked at the rawest of nerves yet I cannot blame him. He is expressing himself through the medium of film and using the text of his bible as the basis."   Bangitout.com   Jordan Hiller 3.5/4 "'Bien filmada, mejor actuada y sólidamente dirigida. Vale la pena todos y cada uno de los centavos de su producción y del costo del boleto de entrada.'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 2.5/5 "From a technical standpoint, the film is impressive. From a narrative or message-bringing standpoint, it left me wanting. And the violence...."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/4 "... a powerful presentation."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/4 "Religion is always a delicate and personal issue, but great filmmaking is great filmmaking, period."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest A "After all the debate about this film...what Gibson has delivered is his own passionate vision."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 4.5/5 "Una cinta por instantes hermosa, casi siempre demoledora, pero sin duda alguna, profundamente pasional."   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 3/5 "Never dull -- no mean feat, given that it spends two hours telling a story whose end is widely known -- and features performances that range from coarsely effective to phenomenal."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "Although it's very good at showing Jesus' suffering, the movie treats him as a prop"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "This isn’t a movie: it’s a theme-park ride for Jesus freaks. SEE the hunks of flesh ripped from Jesus’ side! EXPERIENCE the stations of the cross like never before!"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson "It is a film worth seeing and talking about, for better or worse. It gets some things very right, but the violence threatens to overshadow the message."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "More prayer of a gifted film-maker than movie, a narrow and harrowing perspective on a story that, no matter what your faith, is bigger than any attempt to portray on film."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow D "Sick."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3/5 "Gibson se concentra em uma passagem que ignora totalmente a compaixão e o amor – dois sentimentos preciosos para alguém que, de acordo com a Bíblia, morreu por nossos pecados."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca "This is a good film, well-made, well-told and it is clearly a personal triumph for Mel Gibson."   Critic Doctor   Peter Sobczynski  (1 - 50) of 67 OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten Page   12   > Next