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The Young Messiah
33
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by
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50
TheWrap
TheWrap
Young Messiah is more quiet than action-driven, more sober than fantastical (that slinky Satan notwithstanding), and more dull than poetic.
50
RogerEbert.com
Christy Lemire
RogerEbert.com
Christy Lemire
That’s one dismayingly archaic trend throughout The Young Messiah: the fiendish characters are also wildly effeminate.
42
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
As this year’s other Jesus movies go, at least Risen managed to add new characters and perspective to one of the world’s most well-known stories. The Young Messiah struggles to hold its audience’s attention.
40
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
In the end, as with too many Gospel-derived dramas, The Young Messiah could’ve used less literalism, and more mystery.
40
The Hollywood Reporter
Keith Uhlich
The Hollywood Reporter
Keith Uhlich
The Young Messiah is just, like, barely competent enough that the faith-based target audience won't feel entirely cheated.
40
The New York Times
Andy Webster
The New York Times
Andy Webster
For all the healing here — the revived include a bird, an ailing uncle and a blind man — The Young Messiah performs no miracles.
38
Movie Nation
Roger Moore
Movie Nation
Roger Moore
The direction, by Cyrus Nowrasteh (“The Stoning of Soroya M.”) lacks urgency or art. The performances are, for the most part, emotionally flat.
30
Variety
Nick Schager
Variety
Nick Schager
This pious drama is a work of minimal imagination and even less subtlety.
20
The Guardian
Jordan Hoffman
The Guardian
Jordan Hoffman
Now I understand why Jesus’s childhood remains such a mystery: the story is unbelievably boring.
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