This movie is not at all what I imagined from the trailer , which suggests a satire of the Bible's story of Jesus' last days. There is some of that here , but not much, and it's very uneven in quality. I was impressed by the parody of da Vinci's depiction of the Last Summer but left cold by much of the rest. The cleansing of Jesus, where a dirty beggar is transformed into the very white and scrawny Christ we know from endless depictions was interesting but needed development.
Then we get to Good Friday and an altered presentation of the Crucifixion on the Mount. Things very quickly become serious and remain so until the end of the movie. Clarence's crucifixion is presented in realistic detail, as is his suffering He has a discussion with the white Jesus on another cross, and it's very serious.
And then he dies
And is brought back to life on Sunday, but not by the pale white Jesus
Don't look for laughs in any of that.
I'll have to watch this a second time to see what I think it is trying to say.
Then we get to Good Friday and an altered presentation of the Crucifixion on the Mount. Things very quickly become serious and remain so until the end of the movie. Clarence's crucifixion is presented in realistic detail, as is his suffering He has a discussion with the white Jesus on another cross, and it's very serious.
And then he dies
And is brought back to life on Sunday, but not by the pale white Jesus
Don't look for laughs in any of that.
I'll have to watch this a second time to see what I think it is trying to say.