Son of God

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Son of God

PG-13

Released Feb 28, 2014

2h 18m

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In the Holy Land, the Roman occupation has produced a cauldron of oppression, anxiety and excessive taxes levied upon the Jewish people. Fearing the wrath of Roman governor Pontius Pilate (Greg Hicks), Jewish high priest Caiaphas (Adrian Schiller) tries to keep control of his people. That control is threatened when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, performing miracles and spreading messages of love and hope. Those who fear that Jesus will inspire a revolution decide that he must die.

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The faithful may find their spirits raised, but on purely cinematic terms, Son of God is too dull and heavy-handed to spark much fervor.

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Jordan Hoffman

Times of Israel

The film's low quality, however, is undeniable. The chintzy music over the closing credits, just after Jesus ascends to heaven in a cloud of bundled iMac special effects, is just laughable.

Feb 1, 2018

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

The hunk factor aside, it's bizarre that a film presumably conceived as an act of devotion should feel so lacklustre and impersonal.

Rated: 1/5

May 21, 2014

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Louis Black

Austin Chronicle

There is little cinematic about the film. Instead, it is a series of figurative illustrations.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 6, 2014

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Iván Kazi

EscribiendoCine

... an infusion of banality. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/10

Oct 18, 2022

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

It simply doesn't work.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 23, 2020

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Frank Ochieng

SF Crowsnest

Overall, Spencer's deeply reflective yet recycled conscious-driven epic seems robotic and compacted. As a faith-healing and feel-good big screen offering, Son Of God deserved much better polish and prose at the center of its pronounced pulpit

Rated: 2/4

Nov 11, 2018

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Lorry S

I have been a Catholic my whole life. Catholic school and practice till this day. So over 50 years. Anyone who is interested in the greatest story, the full 10 hour series of The Bible is the way to go. I watch the Son of God on holidays as my refresher. LOL. It is a shorten version of the 10 hour mini-series put into about 3 hours. So if you are getting into Catholicism/Christianity , then the mini-series. If you are a life long Catholic/Christian the Son of God is done very well in itself. Also children and teens can watch age appropriate version of the Jesus story on YouTube meant for little ones and tweens.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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dan c

Low budget for sure. Hard to watch they keep making stuff up for a Fake bible.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/07/25

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Rosemary T. C

The cast is excellent, especially the actor playing Jesus, and production design amazing. This is the story, I highly recommend this film!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Owen G

The potential of the movie with the over the top beginning from Genesis to just before the birth of Yeshua gave the impression that this was going to be a very big film. But once the 3 kings paid homage to a newborn the potential went downhill. It tended to jumble a lot of the scenarios together, which I'm use to, but in a way that seemed to distract from the actual story. All in all, I felt it could have been SO much more but it was a watchable movie. There have been some the the manipulation of the story and the acting have forced me to watch something else even if it were an old Batman serial.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/25

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Godfrey D

It's a really good movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/07/24

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Bulgantamir B

I really liked the talented actors

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/06/24

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In the Holy Land, the Roman occupation has produced a cauldron of oppression, anxiety and excessive taxes levied upon the Jewish people. Fearing the wrath of Roman governor Pontius Pilate (Greg Hicks), Jewish high priest Caiaphas (Adrian Schiller) tries to keep control of his people. That control is threatened when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, performing miracles and spreading messages of love and hope. Those who fear that Jesus will inspire a revolution decide that he must die.

Director: Christopher Spencer, Tony Mitchell, Crispin Reece
Producer: Roma Downey, Mark Burnett, Richard Bedser
Screenwriter: Nic Young, Richard Bedser, Christopher Spencer, Colin Swash
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Lightworkers Media
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sequences of Violence|Bloody Depictn of Crucifixion)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 28, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $59.7M
Runtime: 2h 18m

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