The Young Messiah

PG-13

Released Mar 11, 2016

1 hr. 51 min.

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Mary (Sara Lazzaro), Joseph (Vincent Walsh) and 7-year-old Jesus (Adam Greaves-Neal) embark on a journey from Egypt to Nazareth after the young boy miraculously brings someone back to life. When King Herod (Jonathan Bailey) orders the death of the child, Roman centurion Severus (Sean Bean) starts to pursue the family across the desert. As Mary and Joseph worry about his safety, Jesus' natural curiosity allows him to understand more about the world and his remarkable powers.

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Ben O

Amazing! Worth a few watches!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Jonathon H

There are some movies that shouldn't have been made. This is definitely one them. Watch anything else! You will regret every minute you watch and penny you pay.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/29/23

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P J

I created this account just fo tell Joey L. that his review was absolutely hilarious... Thx Bro!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/25/23

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Joey L

I created an account here just to shit on this 5/10 movie. You would think having a premise like THE LITERAL BIBLE would make it easy to tell a good story. It doesn't. It's specifically the script that sucks, actually. Sean Bean has to try so hard just to hold the tension. The Actor playing Joseph gives only ego, there's no love in his eyes, and Mary is directionless and weak. The child playing Jesus is pretty good, but is doing far too much. Is it a child? Is it god? Was this movie made for a classroom? Why is everyone English? Seriously the guy playing Joseph is dog ass. Whoever directed this should be shot. Crucifixion would probably validate them.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/25/23

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Shannon R

Fantastic! Rotten tomatoes is wrong again. This movie is very well done!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/03/23

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Aisela A

Thoughtful, imaginative, nicely done and our family found it faith-inspiring. We watched it with our teenager.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Cyrus Nowrasteh

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Adam Greaves-Neal

Jesus

Sara Lazzaro

Mary

Vincent Walsh

Joseph

Finn Ireland

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Christian McKay

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

The Young Messiah takes a different approach by focusing on a specific point in Jesus's childhood. But the faith-based film drags, and is mostly unremarkable.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 2, 2016

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Christian Holub

Entertainment Weekly

The Young Messiah struggles to hold its audience's attention.

Rated: C-

Mar 14, 2016

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Andy Webster

New York Times

"The Young Messiah" performs no miracles.

Mar 14, 2016

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The Young Messiah will warm your heart and, in all likelihood, bring you to your knees.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Sep 27, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

[B]elievably stretching the imagination but finding that balance of history and theology that crosses the religious demographic lines, appealing to believers and non-believers alike, not to mention movie-goers who just want to see a well done film.

Nov 5, 2019

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Joanne Soh

The New Paper (Singapore)

It's a miracle it got made in the first place.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 20, 2017

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Synopsis

Mary (Sara Lazzaro), Joseph (Vincent Walsh) and 7-year-old Jesus (Adam Greaves-Neal) embark on a journey from Egypt to Nazareth after the young boy miraculously brings someone back to life. When King Herod (Jonathan Bailey) orders the death of the child, Roman centurion Severus (Sean Bean) starts to pursue the family across the desert. As Mary and Joseph worry about his safety, Jesus' natural curiosity allows him to understand more about the world and his remarkable powers.

Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh
Executive Producer: Enzo Sisti, William V. Andrew, Mark Burton, Miky Lee, Seo Jonghae, Ashok Amritraj, Andrew Spaulding, Richard Sandfer
Screenwriter: Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh, Cyrus Nowrasteh
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: 1492 Pictures, CJ Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Some Violence)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 11, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.5M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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