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Murray Watts (writer)
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31 March 2000 (UK)
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The story of Jesus Christ. | add synopsis
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FINALLY! A GREAT ANIMATED FILM ABOUT CHRIST!
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ralph Fiennes | ... | Jesus (voice) |
 | Michael Bryant | ... | Voice of God / the Doctor (voice) |
 | Julie Christie | ... | Rachel (voice) |
 | Rebecca Callard | ... | Tamar (voice) |
 | James Frain | ... | Thomas (voice) |
| Richard E. Grant | ... | John the Baptist (voice) |
 | Ian Holm | ... | Pontius Pilate (voice) |
 | William Hurt | ... | Jairus (voice) |
| Anton Lesser | ... | Herod (voice) |
| Daniel Massey | ... | Cleopas (voice) |
 | Tim McInnerny | ... | Barabbas (voice) |
 | Alfred Molina | ... | Simon the Pharisee (voice) |
| Bob Peck | ... | Joseph of Arimathea (voice) |
 | Miranda Richardson | ... | Mary Magdalene (voice) |
| Antony Sher | ... | Ben Azra (voice) |
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Gwr Y Gwyrthiau (UK: Welsh title)
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I don't care what most critics say. "The Miracle Maker" is going on my Ten Best List for 2000. I don't care if TV movies are not supposed to be on a Ten Best List. In my defense, I will say that it was a theatrical feature in England and Europe, where they have the courage to release challenging and original films like this one. Shame on Artisan for not giving this the theatrical release it deserved. Unfortunately, in this age of films aimed more and more at teenagers, films like "Pollock", "Dr. T and the Women" and "The Miracle Maker" get lost in the shuffle.
While it is normally a caveat to condense a rich and lengthy story such as the life of Jesus Christ in a short running time, we already have a film that really goes into great detail about Jesus: Franco Zefferelli's 1977 masterpiece "Jesus of Nazareth". But this is a perfect film for enlightened children and even the parents will love it. The switching from claymation (which is not really clay, but that is unimportant right now)to regular animation is stunning, not distracting as it would be in a lesser film. It is easily the best animated film I've seen all year. Kudos to Mel Gibson and his production company, Icon, for putting the time and effort to making a wonderful film like this. I only wish Artisan had gotten behind it better, along with another Icon production "Felicia's Journey". I recommend both to anyone who wants to see pure cinema at its' finest.
**** out of 4 stars