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The Passion of the Christ

The Passion of the Christ

2004
Drama
2h 7m
The Passion of The Christ focusses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life. The film begins in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death. (imdb)
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The Passion of the Christ

2004
Drama
2h 7m
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Rated 01 Aug 2009
1
4th
Felt like I was there, and as a non-practicing, "hook-nosed dirty jew" (as Gibson would likely call me), I appreciated the opportunity to kill your lord a second time.
Rated 27 Nov 2008
3
31st
Mel Gibson probably beats off to this 10 times a week with a belt tied around his neck - I prefer my snuff films to be shorter, though.
Rated 19 Mar 2007
89
83rd
Intense movie that deals with its subject matter honestly, brutally, and maturely. Mel Gibson is a master at creating a visual masterpiece and this is no exception to that. The Passion of the Christ is an excellent movie on every front and is the kind of movie that will surely be remembered many years to come.
Rated 09 Mar 2008
74
47th
Eh.. the book was better
Rated 14 Aug 2007
91
75th
I'm not a particularly religious individual, but this movie affected me at my most early Christian roots. I'll never watch it again, even though my fiance (a devout Catholic) plans on watching it every Easter. Gibson is a genius despite what agendas he is slave to.
Rated 27 Jun 2007
100
99th
One of the most brutal and intense movies I have ever seen. This has imagery I will never forget. There were many times I thought I was going to turn away but couldn't.
Rated 21 Jul 2009
10
0th
Why isn't this movie listed as fiction
Rated 14 Aug 2007
20
2nd
The kind of movie only an action star could make: equating Jesus' importance to the exact quantity of blood thrashed out of him.
Rated 28 Jan 2007
95
92nd
Even if you're not a religious person the story of Christ here in Mel Gibson's view is harrowing and brutal. It's tough to watch, but very very well done. Mel Gibson does put a bit of a twist on some aspects of the story, but it's just his speculation of events not described within the context of the bible.
Rated 05 Jul 2009
60
32nd
Jesus gets his ass kicked.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
25th
The worlds most powerful snuff film. If it wasn't Jesus you'd turn it off in disgust.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
86th
Shows the brutality of Jesus' death, and that's something a lot of Christians don't really realize or think about when they think of the cross. His death isn't as important as his resurrection, and this movie only slightly hints at that at the end. Oops- spoiler.
Rated 08 Jul 2007
90
96th
I wish more of Christ's life could have been included in this film, but it still stands up. Caviezel does a fine job and the imagery is so well done that it's difficult - if not painful - to watch at times.
Rated 11 Apr 2010
0
0th
I fully expected this to be exploitation, and antisemitic, and really awful, but wow, I never expected it to be THIS bad. Its one amusing feature (took me a while to recognize) is that the gibberish they're speaking contains some atrociously mispronounced and ungrammatical Hebrew, plus trace amounts of Arabic. Anyway the sad thing is that Gibson really is just a symptom. This movie reflects something larger about Christianity, its view of the world and what "passion" means in that religion.
Rated 09 May 2023
50
21st
I wish Mel Gibson liked other books.
Rated 18 Dec 2011
11
7th
Wear ear condom next time.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
99th
One of the most important films of all time, though not for the faint of heart. Very difficult to watch, but worthwhile.
Rated 07 Apr 2008
80
81st
Although I may violently disagree with Mel Gibson's theology, his knowledge of the camera and sincerity cannot be denied. This is a strange, offensive, almost experimental movie and it creates an amazing experience all its own.
Rated 24 Feb 2009
90
81st
A visceral and the most realistic portrayal of the sheer brutality of death by crucifixion. Not for the faint of heart, but emotionally gripping.
Rated 22 Feb 2010
35
19th
Talk about a twist ending. I did not see that one coming! The one thing I thought was missing from this one was violence. I feel it could have used more of it.
Rated 15 Oct 2008
100
93rd
It is amazing to visualize what Jesus went through for us! If you actually saw this, just remember he did that for you.
Rated 19 Mar 2007
93
97th
Sit down all those who curse the violence and snap with controversy. This is a brutal film full of passion, no pun intended. Kudos to Mel Gibson (as crazy as some may find him) for delivering a powerful experience that changed the world in a way no one saw coming. As a stand-alone production, this film is magnificent.
Rated 30 Jan 2020
62
31st
Not bad, but it does focus a little bit too much on the graphic details of Jesus's violent torture and death, and not enough on other meaningful elements of storytelling.
Rated 25 Mar 2009
95
93rd
Excellent portayal of the final hours of Jesus's life and subsequent resurrection.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
91st
This was an excellent movie. Very violent and not for everyone. It really shows what Christ went through for us.
Rated 06 Apr 2012
100
99th
Like or hate Gibson, but rarely has any director in history felt so passionate about his movie - and it shows. In e v e r y single frame, piece of sound and acting performance. The result? One of the most powerful and challenging moviegoing experiences I have ever encountered. I literally couldn't feel my legs when I left the cinema scarred and bruised for life.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
91st
I thought it was a really good film. I liked the choice and use of flashbacks in this film. I enjoyed the score a lot, too.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
94th
An extremely powerful epic, especially having grown up Catholic. Every moment of this film made my stomach turn and brought me closer to tears. If you aren't moved by this film, there is something wrong with you.
Rated 21 May 2009
3
9th
(2nd viewing) he dies...
Rated 14 Jul 2009
20
22nd
Hilarious watching stupid people cry in the theatre but god I hated this movie... other than the parts where they tortured Jesus.
Rated 21 Jan 2018
25
1st
As a linguist, it was fascinating to hear Aramaic on screen, and as a former Christian, the graphic violence was a fresh take on a story I've known since childhood. But as a generally decent person, I was disgusted by the level of racism and anti-semitism present and as a cinephile I was turned off by the misguided artistic choices throughout. Gibson took some risks making this, and while some paid off, most did not, leading to a cheesy, manipulative, self-indulgent offensive wreck of a film.
Rated 09 Mar 2008
60
47th
You all realize of course that THIS is the movie that started the boom of the torture-porn subgenre, not _Saw_ (although of course nobody, especially the godsquadders, wants to admit it). So noncommercial, ambitious, and just plain different (a 21st century movie shot in Aramaic?!) that it's consistently interesting, but there's so little here of real interest about the story of Jesus. He gets betrayed, He gets arrested, He gets tortured, He gets killed. And the portrayal of Satan is silly
Rated 14 Aug 2007
3
28th
"More blood!" - A quote from Mel Gibson the filmmaker
Rated 09 Nov 2011
15
12th
lol
Rated 14 Apr 2013
35
24th
Oh religion! You so silly.
Rated 08 Apr 2009
93
82nd
Really great. It tell the story of Jesus with great accuracy. It is really powerful at what it is representing. And it get very emotional around when Jesus is being hung on the cross. Mel Gibson really went over the top with this movie, and he succeeded.
Rated 27 Aug 2009
100
89th
Excellent!!!!!
Rated 28 Aug 2009
10
4th
Dear gawd this movie sucks, except for the part where jesus steals the kid's cupcake and then winks at the camera.
Rated 23 Nov 2008
30
10th
I loved this movie when I saw it with my church congregation. Not so much when I saw it by myself.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
42nd
It's not the kind of movie you sit down and enjoy... but stayed pretty true to what actually happened.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
20
1st
Let me just say I agree w/ jx820 so much I'm going to reprint his entire review: "The world's most powerful snuff film. If it wasn't Jesus you'd turn it off in disgust". I can't say anything more accurately or succinctly. Deeply unpleasant and yet never moving. (Unless you're deeply christian I guess.) The focus on (mostly) physical pain borders on fetishstic.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
1
0th
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Rated 10 Jan 2010
31
22nd
Jim Caviezel got struck by lightning making this movie.
Rated 01 Mar 2012
67
43rd
I'm not sure how to feel about this. I thought it was pretty powerful at pouring emotion into a portrayal of the last hours of Jesus' life, but at the same time you know some of the emotion Mel Gibson was pouring into this was how much Jews are evil, which is to bad considering Jesus' teachings. Ultimately I don't see it as really being something that helps people outside the Christian faith understand it. Interesting to say the least.
Rated 12 Jul 2008
82
82nd
Gruesome and unrelenting, I can't believe it's not Christ. Come to think of it, this must be one of the most torturous films I've seen. I also love the Aramaic and Latin dialogue.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
1
2nd
i have fallen asleep 3 times attempting to watch this movie then when I finally managed to stay awake, I was sad to find out the movie was just Religious torture porn
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
27th
Here's a brief plot summary: Intro, whip, whip, whip, crucify, end credits.
Rated 16 Jul 2011
98
81st
Regardless of the politically correct comments, it is a good film
Rated 28 Apr 2009
25
7th
Excessive Torture makes Baby Jesus cry
Rated 13 Sep 2012
76
57th
So this is the movie that forever branded Caviezel as "that jesus guy", I'm surprised, he didn't actually do a bad job. Gibson seemed to go through a lot of effort to make this movie realistic featuring Latin and Aramaic, although no one would notice. I'm still a guy who shies away from religious stuff, so to the agnostics and atheists of the world this fails to be anything other than a guy speaking Aramaic while being beat up for two and a half hours.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
90th
Not many movies can almost bring me to tears... this one did. It doesn't matter what your religion is, this story's about a single person and his struggle (a struggle for the rest of us).
Rated 07 Oct 2013
78
90th
i was watchin this at church and tried to make out with the girl next eoto me but she was like "nbo i aint gon make out with you" so i was like fine. so i watched the movie and it was actually p. cool.
Rated 01 Mar 2013
53
33rd
My new favourite fantasy-comedy.
Rated 11 Jan 2012
5
23rd
*,* 2 points for jesus' glowing eyes!
Rated 27 Feb 2007
45
34th
Like Dreyer’s Passion, Gibson’s is less a narrative than a ritual to be endured by the audience. While not a fan of the film, the vehemence of the objections and criticisms given by others often seems, in the eyes of this viewer, to be a little suspicious. There’s something to be said for Gibson’s audacity, ignoring the studios, filming entirely in a dead language, and financing it with his own money.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
99
99th
Funniest movie of all time.
Rated 01 May 2007
67
43rd
Has a way of feeling like Jesus' greatest hits as it highlights some of his teachings and shows how he invented the table, but the greatest hits of all come from a whip and a hammer.
Rated 08 Mar 2012
53
20th
I probably would have liked it more if my priest didn't drop a huge spoiler right before I saw it.
Rated 30 Jan 2009
10
0th
This is not how it happened, come on, I was there.
Rated 09 Apr 2009
2
0th
i am sure Jesus would ask his disciples to boycott this movie. Period.
Rated 04 May 2013
40
13th
"the greatest story ever told" meets "300". Hard to rate a movie that depends so much on ones beliefs (I wondered how many reviews I would read before I saw "Remember that Jesus went through all this for us !") but this retelling adds ZERO to the story, other than increasing the gore to 11, presumably in order to say "Look at his REAL level of suffering!". Well made, good central performance, but nothing more than a torture porn movie that thinks it has a good reason to exist. It doesn't.
Rated 10 Sep 2008
65
41st
I can safely say this is one film that will never have even a relatively objective analysis. As a Christian, I think Mel crafted a heretical film: this is the heresy of Apollinarism married to snuff pornography. This is all visceral and scopophilic, punctuated with POV shots to induce empathy. Jesus was tortured so we wouldn't have to be - but this film makes us feel it anyway. Think what you will, but I think it's unsound.
Rated 23 Aug 2012
2
3rd
Even the presence of the Rabbi of Nazareth can't elevate this film to anything above the status of a contrived snuff film.
Rated 29 Apr 2013
50
15th
LOL, its Jesus.
Rated 26 Feb 2009
25
1st
lol jesus
Rated 23 Oct 2008
5
0th
What was this movie about? Jesus, or blood, blood & even more blood? Probably Gibson put as much violence & gore as possible into it to 'aid' christians in remembering this movie as 'very confronting'. The amount of violence, blood, guts & gore made the movie very shocking, and those things will unfortunately be better rememberend than the story of jesus itself.
Rated 22 Jul 2008
75
57th
Intense and brutal. This honestly, is a great film! One heck of a film that shows the final moments of Jesus' life. The story is great as well, but you'll be too stunned by the imagery.
Rated 07 Aug 2015
29
4th
While making a slasher flick based on his interpretation/re-invention of a pivotal biblical story, he manages to take jabs at the entire Jewish religion, even using common modern-day bigot stereotypes. It hardly seems accidental. Yay for free speech, but boo for using it to stir up religious tensions. Best that religious folks just quietly follow their beliefs without hurting anyone, I think. No need to inundate secular society with needless faith/persecution ordeals.
Rated 23 Dec 2008
60
2nd
The reality and story of this movie are amazing, but the graphics make me never want to see it again.
Rated 03 Dec 2008
49
11th
No plot, no character development, no interest.
Rated 05 Jan 2012
75
19th
Very mixed feelings about this so I'm not entirely sure this is the score I'd actually give it. Some find it to be life altering while others think it's a messy, soulless bloodbath. I believe in God. I think this happened. That doesn't mean I need to watch it every year let alone a second or third time. It is an unforgettable, visceral experience, and I personally think it's a powerful story. But I don't know. I never feel the need to revisit it.
Rated 06 Mar 2007
0
2nd
One of the most vile, reprehensible and irresponsible films ever made.
Rated 11 Aug 2018
60
11th
I saw this movie while still attending church as a young man but I felt like it was a pretentious hollywood retelling of the greatest bit of fiction ever written.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
91st
Great movie, a few slow parts. Probably meant more to me than some.
Rated 25 Jul 2010
68
39th
While not a complete failure as everybody calls it, the amount of violence in this film obscures the message it is trying to give
Rated 12 Nov 2017
90
65th
A raw and intense religious film, not for the light of stomach but recommendable to any believer.
Rated 13 Oct 2009
60
49th
To quote South Park: Say what you want about Mel Gibson, but the son of a bitch knows story structure! A movie about Jesus that begins with a "based on a true story" sign, doesn't get a lot of initial goodwill from my side. That said the movie is an extremely well executed and beautifully shot Jezploitation flick, even though it's a bit difficult to take it serious when the blood splatters all around and the poor jesus fall YET AGAIN, head first and in slowmotion, walking up Golgotha .
Rated 26 Dec 2008
1
2nd
Bring your faith or this is just a pointless and cruel film.
Rated 08 Oct 2007
20
12th
Poor JC. Very boring. Just violence. I did not understand the great impact of this movie. Just because was controversial, I guess.
Rated 28 Feb 2008
65
49th
cruel.
Rated 08 Apr 2008
30
6th
Christian porn.
Rated 09 Apr 2016
81
18th
1-2
Rated 07 Mar 2011
5
0th
One point for each giggle
Rated 11 Feb 2008
65
3rd
Basically just two hours of a guy being tortured to death, if your tastes run that way. Adds absolutely nothing new or interesting to the story of Jesus, but I give credit for (Mel) Gibson using only authentic tongues of the period, & Jim Caviezel (as Jesus) looking at least like he COULD be middle eastern. Maybe someday an actual middle easterner will play Jesus.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
9th
Not a movie you watch for entertainment (hence the low lating), but still a must-see for most Christians
Rated 09 Aug 2007
35
23rd
WTF ?!
Rated 07 Feb 2024
80
77th
Torture is brutal and hard to watch, but it makes you realize His suffering.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
53rd
Skillfully made.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
77th
Powerful, visceral, and cathartic... Jim Caviezal is brave and transcendant... Not perfect, but not to be missed...
Rated 26 Dec 2022
75
88th
The cynical portrayal of the passions and suffering of the Christ crushes the viewer like a steamroller with a seemingly endless and relentless pounding and an ever increasing intensity. It is gruesome, horrific, sickening. And probably vastly and unimaginably underrated compared to what our Saviour actually experienced under the weight of all of our sins. Glory be to God. Hristo Shopov with an excellent role and great to see Christo Jivkov. Monica Bellucci fit in surprisingly well here too.
Rated 18 Apr 2010
50
7th
Bloody. Bloody slowmotions. Stupid slowmotions. Some extra points for doing it in Aramaic and Latin.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
58
35th
Has some well-staged moments and Caleb Deschanel's work is gorgeous, but the film has little to offer besides mind and soul numbing violence repeated for two hours. Gibson does succeed in that he punctuates the passion with glimpses of Christ's life, but they are fleeting and do little to really familiarize ourselves with this character.
Rated 31 Aug 2009
70
69th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gTy2UlHWII
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
81st
Good, little over the top for me.
Rated 26 May 2012
80
78th
If Roberto Rossellini made this exact film during his history period, it'd be sitting in the Criterion Collection alongside The Taking of Power by Louis XIV. Gibson's camera is self-assured and expressive. Characters are given a lot of meat in well-placed close-ups and looks. At times its one of the best horror movies of the era. It's also racist as FUCK, like 1920s throwback jersey racism.
Rated 01 Feb 2009
73
26th
A perfectly adequate film which I never want to see ever again. What better way to honor your Lord and Savior than to watch him get the shit kicked out of him for two hours?
Rated 20 Dec 2013
49
23rd
The graphic details of Jesus' torture make the movie tough to sit through and obscure whatever message it is trying to convey.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
22nd
A very cold, unapproachable perspective on Jesus. Doesn't lead you to want to know the character any more. Too much crucifixion, not enough character development, to be honest.
Rated 25 Jul 2007
6
0th
Inept, self-indulgent, and simplistic crap. If people didn't feel obligated to give this film respect because of its main character, no one in the world would think that there is any reason for this film's existing. It has no development, structure, characters, or theme. It is shot clinically and boringly. There is nothing to be interested in except the practical aspects of the recreation of wounds on actors for the purpose of filming them.
Rated 28 Sep 2013
77
28th
Don't like gore. Don't find Jim Caviezel remotely engaging as a lead actor let alone as the one of the most charismatic men in history (presumably). Atheist-Agnostic and not at all Anti-Semitic. So, was expecting to H A T E this movie and was surprised to find so much worthwhile in it.

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