NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

nowackiandrew Loved it. Great cinematography, great plot line, follows the story of a Roman soldier who was an unbeliever. Definitely recommend it. A wonderful movie all around

woodandwood In my opinion the approach of this movie is excellent, that is narrating the resurrection from the eye of a contemporary roman soldier who witnessed it from a very special point of view: the one of an Roman officer who received the order to find Jesus's "stolen" body.While for about 3/4 of the movie the plot is really convincing, as soon as we get closer to Jesus the less appealing the story becomes.There are some clear problems starting from an ugly Jesus face (instead all who met him also in private revelations state that he is very handsome). Then his body is actually too fat on the cross and not so much hurt from the precedent flagellation. There is no water and blood coming out the wound that the roman soldier Quinto Cassio Lancino caused (and who became a Christian according to the Tradition)The other points are even more important. Jesus does not talk in the movie, he is quite embarrassingly out of words, while in reality He is a sublime speaker at all level. The authors clearly don't know what to say.The movie also makes a capitol mistake: the cloth in the tomb was folded and did not lay down. In the contemporary hebrew code of behavior that even children knew, this meant that "the master will return" as used at dining tables.In short, there is not much historical precision concerning the Gospel reproduction, while there is an excellent insight of the daily Roman life of a soldier in the Holy Land of the time.

eeerwin3 While the story line is admittedly fictional, it is a very smart way of showing the vested interests of the different groups involved in the crucifixion. It shows really clearly why it would not make sense for anyone (jewish leaders, romans and especially for the disciples) to steal Jesus' body.

mirrorrep It upsets me that this because of its subject matter did not bring the attention to Rafe Fiennes that he deserves. He is just simply brilliant as Clavius. I have watched certain scenes over and over - I am an acting teacher and director - and the authenticity and precision of Fiennes acting in this role is exemplary. He deserves a much greater stardom. His brother is a stunning actor but Joseph Fiennes is better.