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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireThat’s one dismayingly archaic trend throughout The Young Messiah: the fiendish characters are also wildly effeminate.
- 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.
- 40Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayIn the end, as with too many Gospel-derived dramas, The Young Messiah could’ve used less literalism, and more mystery.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichThe Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichThe Young Messiah is just, like, barely competent enough that the faith-based target audience won't feel entirely cheated.
- 40The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterFor all the healing here — the revived include a bird, an ailing uncle and a blind man — The Young Messiah performs no miracles.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe direction, by Cyrus Nowrasteh (“The Stoning of Soroya M.”) lacks urgency or art. The performances are, for the most part, emotionally flat.
- 30VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerThis pious drama is a work of minimal imagination and even less subtlety.
- 20The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanNow I understand why Jesus’s childhood remains such a mystery: the story is unbelievably boring.