Synopsis
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 , Jewish high priest Caiaphas 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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Cast
- Roma DowneyMary, Mother of Jesus
- Diogo MorgadoJesus
- Louise DelamereClaudia
- Darwin ShawPeter
- Amber Rose RevahMary Magdalene
- Andrew BrookeAntonius
- Simon KunzNicodemus
- William HoustonMoses
- Nonso AnozieSamson
- Stewart ScudamoreRamesses
Recommendations
- 75
Tampa Bay Times
It's a capable Sunday school lesson with little for anyone to challenge and practically nothing that offends. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Unlike “The Passion of the Christ,” there’s no Aramaic with English subtitles, a lot less blood and no anti-Semitism. No character feels like a caricature... But it’s also dramatically flat, with few actors making much of an impression as they play saints and sinners. - 50
New York Post
Son of God is guilty of all the sins of the 1950s Bible epics, but without any of the majesty. - 50
Arizona Republic
This is a rich, and important story. There’s no argument there. The only problem with “Son of God” is that there are much more compelling ways to tell it. - 50
New York Daily News
Director Christopher Spencer’s biblical yarn lacks the complex rigor of Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Temptation of Christ” and the fury of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” leaving its star, Diogo Morgado, stuck in a film that’s stiff and earnest. - 50
Boston Globe
For the most part, though, the film maintains its low ambitions; it is mostly inoffensive, only occasionally ludicrous, and at times, at least for me, genuinely moving. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
This quite mediocre spawned-from-television feature feels like a Jesus film designed primarily for true believers, meaning that the faith-based public that has already been put on alert by seal-of-approval-dispensing church leaders that this is a film to see will make the Fox release into a significant Heartland attraction. - 30
The Dissolve
Excerpted from The History Channel’s 10-part 2013 miniseries The Bible, then given extra footage, Son Of God boils the life of Jesus down to feature-length, but it plays less like a movie than a hastily edited attempt to explore a new revenue stream.
