This is not Jesus of Nazareth or The Passion of the Christ level, but I still really enjoyed this movie.
This takes the parts of the Gospels that Mary the mother witnesses-Jesus's birth, Jesus in the temple, Him turning water into wine, His crucifixion and death, etc.
That's what many people will undoubtedly love about this made for TV movie.
However, I should note that since Mary is barely mentioned in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, there are some fictional liberties taken with the movie. (This is forewarned before the movie starts in a similar way that The Last Temptation of Christ and The Prince of Egypt does.)
Many of these inaccuracies are used to introduce actual Gospel-based information. Jesus in one scene asks Mary to tell him a bedtime story(He is a young boy) and she tells Him the parable of The Good Samaritan. Bibically speaking,this story was given to Him from God.
When Jesus is grown(played-believe it or not-by Christian Bale) and is about to go on his 3 year journey to preach the Good News, He tells Mary that He will use such stories to teach others about God's love.
In another scene, Jesus is being beaten up by another boy. While this happens Jesus does nothing, and He allows Himself to get a bloodied nose. His parents stop the fight and they ask Him why He did not defend Himself.
Jesus says(this is a paraphrase): "The Law says we should fight an eye for an eye. But I don't think we should. I think we should love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us."
This is obviously a reference to what He will teach others in Matthew 5, in particular verses 43 and 44.
However, for the most part, this is fairly accurate. I recommend this to any Christian, though those who want a full-on Gospel account will most likely like it a little less then I do.
Either way, I highly suggest seeing this movie. Give it a try. If it's not for you, that's only 88 minutes of your day that you did not care for. (Oh, and that reminds me-the movie goes by quite quickly as well.) But I stand by my statement that this is one of my favorite Jesus movies.
This takes the parts of the Gospels that Mary the mother witnesses-Jesus's birth, Jesus in the temple, Him turning water into wine, His crucifixion and death, etc.
That's what many people will undoubtedly love about this made for TV movie.
However, I should note that since Mary is barely mentioned in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, there are some fictional liberties taken with the movie. (This is forewarned before the movie starts in a similar way that The Last Temptation of Christ and The Prince of Egypt does.)
Many of these inaccuracies are used to introduce actual Gospel-based information. Jesus in one scene asks Mary to tell him a bedtime story(He is a young boy) and she tells Him the parable of The Good Samaritan. Bibically speaking,this story was given to Him from God.
When Jesus is grown(played-believe it or not-by Christian Bale) and is about to go on his 3 year journey to preach the Good News, He tells Mary that He will use such stories to teach others about God's love.
In another scene, Jesus is being beaten up by another boy. While this happens Jesus does nothing, and He allows Himself to get a bloodied nose. His parents stop the fight and they ask Him why He did not defend Himself.
Jesus says(this is a paraphrase): "The Law says we should fight an eye for an eye. But I don't think we should. I think we should love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us."
This is obviously a reference to what He will teach others in Matthew 5, in particular verses 43 and 44.
However, for the most part, this is fairly accurate. I recommend this to any Christian, though those who want a full-on Gospel account will most likely like it a little less then I do.
Either way, I highly suggest seeing this movie. Give it a try. If it's not for you, that's only 88 minutes of your day that you did not care for. (Oh, and that reminds me-the movie goes by quite quickly as well.) But I stand by my statement that this is one of my favorite Jesus movies.