Son of God

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Son of God

PG-13,

2014,

2h 18m,

History/

Drama

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In the Holy Land, the Roman occupation has produced a cauldron of oppression, anxiety and excessive taxes levied upon the Jewish people. Fearing the wrath of Roman governor Pontius Pilate, Jewish high priest Caiaphas tries to keep control of his people. That control is threatened when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, performing miracles and spreading messages of love and hope. Those who fear that Jesus will inspire a revolution decide that he must die.

Critics 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.

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

May 21, 2014

1/5

The hunk factor aside, it's bizarre that a film presumably conceived as an act of devotion should feel so lacklustre and impersonal.

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Louis Black

Austin Chronicle

Mar 6, 2014

1/5

There is little cinematic about the film. Instead, it is a series of figurative illustrations.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Mar 6, 2014

Aimed at a devotional middle-American audience, this never risks the sort of individual perspective necessary to bring the story to life onscreen, for good or ill.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 23, 2020

2.0/4.0

It simply doesn't work.

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Frank Ochieng

SF Crowsnest

Nov 11, 2018

2/4

Overall, Spencer's deeply reflective yet recycled conscious-driven epic seems robotic and compacted. As a faith-healing and feel-good big screen offering, Son Of God deserved much better polish and prose at the center of its pronounced pulpit

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Pablo O. Scholz

Clarín

Feb 2, 2018

There is, of course, nothing new, nor an investigation carried out to provide other points of view... [Full review in Spanish]

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Jan 23, 2019

Very Moving. Diogo is the perfect Jesus. None could ever play Him so perfectly. Loved it.

Han W

Jul 12, 2018

Diogo Morgado acted this one as if guided by Jesus himself. Brilliant performance.

Han G

Mar 24, 2018

Even though it's just pieces from the series put together, Son of God offers just the right blend of inspiration and heartache to be a good, wholesome, Christian film.

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Finn P

Dec 25, 2017

So good and heartfelft:) I felt like they just cut out the whole jesus story from the miniseries The Bible and copy & pasted it to a movie:(

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Rey R

Nov 16, 2017

Horrid terrible movie about god.

Hagrid R

Sep 23, 2017

C'mon critics. Stop downplaying these Christan films. You too Rotten Tomatoes if your invovled. This film gave me a lot of hope.

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Christopher Spencer

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Tony Mitchell

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Crispin Reece

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Diogo Morgado

Jesus

Greg Hicks

Pilate

Adrian Schiller

Caiaphas

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Synopsis

In the Holy Land, the Roman occupation has produced a cauldron of oppression, anxiety and excessive taxes levied upon the Jewish people. Fearing the wrath of Roman governor Pontius Pilate, Jewish high priest Caiaphas tries to keep control of his people. That control is threatened when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, performing miracles and spreading messages of love and hope. Those who fear that Jesus will inspire a revolution decide that he must die.

Director: Christopher Spencer, Tony Mitchell, Crispin Reece
Producer: Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, Richard Bedser
Screenwriter: Nic Young, Richard Bedser, Christopher Spencer, Colin Swash
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Lightworkers Media
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sequences of Violence|Bloody Depictn of Crucifixion)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 28, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $59.7M
Runtime: 2h 18m

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