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  • ABC
  • Apr 10, 2006
  • ABC
  • Apr 10, 2006
The Ten Commandments

Summary ABC brings the story of Moses to the small screen with its two-night miniseries, The Ten Commandments. This visual spectacle tells the epic tale of Moses, who was inspired by God to lead the Hebrew people to freedom. Shot on location in Ouarzazate, Morocco, The Ten Commandments offers an authentic portrayal of 13th Century B.C. Egypt.

  • ABC
  • Apr 10, 2006
  • ABC
  • Apr 10, 2006
The Ten Commandments
Season 1
Season Premiere: Apr 10, 2006
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
39
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Summary ABC brings the story of Moses to the small screen with its two-night miniseries, The Ten Commandments. This visual spectacle tells the epic tale of Moses, who was inspired by God to lead the Hebrew people to freedom. Shot on location in Ouarzazate, Morocco, The Ten Commandments offers an authentic portrayal of 13th Century B.C. Egypt.

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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22% Positive
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33% Mixed
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44% Negative
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[It] is perilously close to Hollywood hokum, but manages to rise above it by featuring the ever-interesting Dougray Scott in the lead role of Moses.
By Gloria Goodale FULL REVIEW
63
This new four-hour version... trims back the pageantry and tries for a degree of modern psychological realism. [17 Apr 2006, p.43]
By Tom Gliatto FULL REVIEW
50
If Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film was the Barnum & Bailey Big Tent version of the story of Exodus, this is the snippy little art house version - smarter (perhaps), a lot more accurate (perhaps) and indisputably duller.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
50
It becomes a bit tedious, which is something this story never should be. [14 Apr 2006, p.71]
By Gillian Flynn FULL REVIEW
25
Thou shalt not watch.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
10
It's a bore, bore, bore.
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
0
You might think that, considering the technical progress made in the past five decades, at least the special effects in the new version would be good. Oh you would be so wrong.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW

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