Review of The Passion of the Christ (2004) by Healingtoolbox — 16 Aug 2019
If you have a spiritual bone in your body, hard not to be moved by scenes here. Its power is is literalism. Its literalism is also its limitation. Given Mel chose a literal approach as a creative limitation, I think he's done very well within those narrows.
A much harder movie to script and pull off if you try to beyond the literal. Wonderful supporting cast and excellent production design. Jim Cavaziel has perhaps never been more iconic. See him in Person of Interest if you like him here.
Also the Hacksaw Ridge movie is in some ways this movie done again and done again even more movingly and creatively, again on a low budget, again with a riveting, authentic central performance, again masterful film-making.
This review of The Passion of the Christ (2004) was written by Healingtoolbox on 16 August 2019.
The Passion of the Christ has generally received positive reviews.
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