25 will mark the 10th anniversary of the release of Mel Gibson's hugely successful and controversial "The Passion of the Christ." Right after Christmas, I had the .... "The fact is," Adlerstein said," that there are two movies here: one that Christians see and one that Jews see. read more
I think one of the reasons the movie the Passion of the Christ is so popular with Christians is it seems a very realistic portrayal of what happened. Even the use of language is supposed to go back to the time of Christ, so the whole thing is intended to show what Jesus death was REALLY like, including how brutal it was. read more
The Passion of the Christ, directed by Mel Gibson, screenplay by Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ is a deeply repugnant film, but not an insignificant one. read more
Review of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ I just spent the last two hours watching an innocent man get brutally tortured and eventually murdered-in painstaking, striking detail. That is the thought that went through my mind as I walked out of the theater after viewing the much anticipated and highly acclaimed movie The Passion of the Christ. read more