Son of God (film)
| Son of God | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Christopher Spencer |
| Produced by | Roma Downey Mark Burnett |
| Screenplay by | Richard Bedser Christopher Spencer Colin Swash Nic Young |
| Based on | New Testament |
| Narrated by | Keith David |
| Starring | Diogo Morgado Roma Downey Darwin Shaw |
| Music by | Lorne Balfe |
| Cinematography | Rob Goldie |
| Editing by | Robert Hall |
| Studio | Lightworkers Media |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22 million |
| Box office | $42,734,244[1] |
Son of God is a 2014 American epic biblical drama feature, produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. The film was adapted from the ten-hour miniseries The Bible,[2] which aired in March 2013 on History channel.
Contents
[show]Synopsis[edit]
Son of God explores the life of Jesus Christ from his birth through the resurrection.[2]
Cast[edit]
- Diogo Morgado as Jesus Christ
- Roma Downey as The Virgin Mary
- Leila Mimmack as Young Virgin Mary
- Joe Coen as Saint Joseph
- Amber Rose Revah as Mary Magdalene
- Darwin Shaw as Saint Simon Peter
- Sebastian Knapp as Saint John
- Said Bey as Saint Matthew
- Matthew Gravelle as Saint Thomas
- Paul Marc Davis as Saint Simon
- Joe Wredden as Judas Iscariot
- Louise Delamere as Claudia
- Simon Kunz as Nicodemus
- Adrian Schiller as Caiaphas
- Andrew Brooke as Antonius
- Anas Cherin as Lazarus
- Fraser Ayres as Barabbas
- Greg Hicks as Pontius Pilate
- Rick Bacon as Herod Antipas
Development[edit]
The film features select scenes from the miniseries as well as footage not aired in the telecast.[2][3] However, the film does not include scenes featuring Satan (played by Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni) due to a controversy from the series that claimed the actor resembled the United States President Barack Obama.[4] The resemblance was first pointed out notably by Glenn Beck ahead of that episode's premiere.[5][6]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
On its first night of release, the film brought in $1.2 million in box office revenue in North American theaters, benefiting greatly from advance ticket sales.[7] It was predicted by Box Office Mojo that the film would likely make $27.5 million in North America in its first weekend of release;[8] it ended up making $26.5 million in its first weekend.[9]
Critical reception[edit]
The film has received negative reviews from critics. It currently holds a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews with the consensus: "The faithful may find their spirits raised, but on purely cinematic terms, Son of God is too dull and heavy-handed to spark much fervor."[10] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 38 based on 22 reviews.[11]
Nell Minow of Beliefnet gave the film a B grade, saying "It tells the story in a westernized, conventional manner that can seem superficial at times, more a cinematic Sunday School lesson than a movie. It is unlikely to persuade anyone, but it is undeniably moving and many believers will find it inspiring."[12] Jim Slotek of the Toronto Sun gave the film 3 stars, saying "the overwhelming esthetic sense of Son Of God is that it is a Passion Play designed to offend as few people as possible. There are artistic moments, notably one that recreates Michelangelo's Pieta with Downey and Morgado. But, revere them or reject them, in my mind the Christ stories that generated the most controversy were the most interesting films. Son Of God is TV-movie watchable, but it is not the greatest telling of ostensibly the greatest story ever told."[13]
Ben Kenigsberg of The A.V. Club gave a mixed review, grading the film a C, saying "Unlike Gibson’s film, with its relentless and gory focus on Christ’s last days, Son Of God finds time for lessons along with its bloodletting. [...] Accompanied by a score that sounds recycled from The Fountain, the most famous scenes are trotted out: “I’ll give my stone to the first man who tells me that he has never sinned”; the loaves and fishes; the resurrection of Lazarus; the last supper. It’s unlikely Paul Verhoeven will ever get to make his historical Christ movie, but to the extent that Son Of God has a measure of dramatic impact, it’s how it illustrates the radicalism of Jesus’ message and the threat it posed to the establishment. At any rate, the core ideas are more compelling than the bad effects shots of Jerusalem, the cheesy CG water-walking, or whatever exchanges require the actors to emit something other than a declarative shout."[14]
David Berry of The National Post gave the film a 1.5 out of 5, saying "As Jesus, Diogo Morgado needn’t do much more than look beatific, which he pulls off fine, but the film suffers from a Christ-like didacticism — for a film aimed squarely at dyed-in-the-lamb believers, it sure treats the audience like first-timers, all but having a pastor step on screen to explain the meaning of every re-created parable — and the smugness of a parent serving broccoli: it just knows this is the most important story ever told, so why would it bother to try convince you with narrative tricks like pacing or nuance?"[15]
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