Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

I guess there is no plot spoiler. Jesus dies in the end. The script attempted to be historical as opposed to religious, taking a smidgeon more than a dramatic license. The attention to detail of the period and costuming seemed superb. I enjoyed the fact they did the Last Supper correctly, minus table and chairs. The film grossly downplayed the divinity of Jesus, turning this into another film about the Bible that is more secular than following the script. Three members of the supporting cast were excellent as expected: Kelsey Grammer briefly as King Herod; John Rhys-Davies as Annas and Rufus Sewell as Caiaphas.Haaz Sleiman played a befuddled Jesus who had to be convinced of his divinity. His speech was slow, easy and broken, as I felt he was the guy from which I get my Slurpee. Many characters looked like they were from the region with sun aged skin.The film was about the life of Jesus and only a small part dealt with his killing, a title O'Reilly seems to be stuck on for better or worse. He attempted to make the film seem historical, and for that he should have hung closer to the Gospel of Luke, in my opinion. He omitted the courtyard disturbance right before his arrest, which many historians consider significant, while he included the "slaughter of the innocents" an event historians doubt.The role of Judas was confusing. Salome was interesting.This is a good film about Jesus, if you can get past a Bart Ehrman Jesus. Not as bad as the recent "Noah" or "Exodus..."

Possible spoiler* I can't believe how awful this movie is. I really wanted to like it but it's so biblically inaccurate. Jesus knew who he was from the beginning yet this movie portrays him as a commoner that eventually discovers he is the messiah. Rubbish. It doesn't show him teaching in the temple as a boy like he did. The scene with Simon fishing is wrong. In the bible he tells him to cast his net on the other side of the boat after he has no success. The net immediately becomes so full that it overwhelms the boat. They portray Jesus as a simple prophet instead of the son of God. There's countless inaccuracies. I'm disgusted.

When I first started watching this I thought, "This isn't very inspired. Oh well, maybe it'll get better when the miracles come along." When Jesus healed a demon possessed boy and said He was speaking to the boy, not the evil inside him, I was thinking, "Okay, the Jesus I know always spoke directly to the demon." When Jesus looked SURPRISED that the boy actually was healed, I thought,"Okay. Now we're in trouble. Bad enough that John the Baptist had to tell Jesus who He was. But now we are messing with the miracles." I stopped watching when Jesus was told John the Baptist was taken prisoner and Jesus gets upset and speaks of "injustice". The icing on the cake was when He said, "Now I know I've not come to bring peace, but a sword." TOTALLY out of context to the point in the REAL Bible when He said that. Enough is enough. My only wish is that I could've given it less than one star. Maybe if I pray for a miracle?

Firstly I have no idea why the negative reviews, watch this as you would any National Geo production. I believe that this is a closer representation of the life of Jesus than Jesus of Nazareth. It was great to see an Arab actor playing Jesus as this is more believable.See this as what it is, an honest look using only historical facts of a story. I think Haaz Sleiman is brilliant playing Jesus & so is Stephen Moyer as Pontius Pilate. I understand that this will not be for devout Christians, but open minded people who are willing to take another view of a story.I was reluctant watching this as I am not a fan of Bill O'Reilly, but I decided to give it a shot and was pleasantly surprised, I think maybe his strength is in writing rather than television.