The Last Supper (2006)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Marius A. Markevicius

Writers:

Michael Bortone (writer)
Luke Franco (writer)

Release Date:

29 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Comedy

Plot:

For centuries, historians and theologians have passionately debated the question of why Judas betrayed Jesus...

Cast

Paul Rae	...	Simon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alyia	...	Walk By Girl
Carlos Arellano	...	Door men
Chip Bent	...	JC
Michael Bortone	...	Judas
Chris Bouffard	...	Beer Goggle Guy
Ruben Castellanos	...	Transvestite
Chris Andrew Ciulla	...	Assuring Andrew
Andy Davoli	...	Metro Bartholomew (as Andrew Davoli)
Eliza Dushku	...	Waitress
Nate Dushku	...	Quoting Phillip
Allison M. Evans	...	Party guest (as Allison Evans)
Luke Franco	...	Pent Up Matthew
Seth Garfunkel	...	Parental Peter
Sebastián Hinton	...	Insecure Thaddaeas
Kamala Jones	...	Adonis Girl
Nitzan Koshet	...	Drunk Girl
Ryan Krause	...	Lazarus
Marcus LaVoi	...	Adonis
Abby Leigh	...	Pre-Transvestite
Suzanne Longo	...	Loving Woman
Brandy Lopez	...	Sexy Brunnette
Sarah Mack	...	Blonde
Jason Markarian	...	Instigating James
Rachael Markarian	...	Limo Driver
Joseph F. McCluskey	...	Loving Man
Andrew Miller	...	Door Men
Isaiah Mustafa	...	Moses
Brad Pennington	...	Curious James
Dave Power	...	Loud Guy John
Wyatt Russell	...	Doubting Thomas
Peter Talieri	...	Small Nerd

Runtime:

USA:16 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Push

Not bad at all, but definitely has more potential

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Let's face it, everyone has imagined at least once what Jesus would be like in a modern setting. And that is exactly the sort of novelty item this short film goes for.

The film begins with Jesus and his apostles wandering a setting that could very well be Israel in Roman times. With the exception of a few minor jokes, the film makes us believe that it could perhaps be a "serious" Jesus story along the lines of "The Last Temptation of Christ" or "The Passion of The Christ" But the pulling up of a VIP van blaring 50 Cent music immediately lets us know that this is an "everything goes" comedy with enormous potential: Jesus going to a nightclub.

The creative names given to each of the apostles in the fashion of "Doubting Thomas" (Parental Peter, Quoting Philip, etc.) is pretty witty, and gives us 12 different stock personalities to chuckle about.

And Jesus stays in the sort of character that I might imagine him to be if he were alive today...maybe a bit too liberal for other Christians, but I am Episcopalian and didn't find the portrayal to be offensive in any way.

I don't want to give the ending away, but I found it to be quite witty. At the same time, some of the jokes were a bit used, and I think that they could have been replaced with other jokes that involved more of Jesus and less of the disciples. Nevertheless it was a well-made film as short films go, and perhaps will act as proof that the subject of Jesus life in modern times could make for an good comedy feature film.