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- 2016
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 51 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 51 m
Summary The inspiring and unique story of seven-year-old Jesus Christ and His family as they come to a fuller understanding of His divine nature and purpose.
Directed By: Cyrus Nowrasteh
Written By: Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh, Anne Rice, Cyrus Nowrasteh
- 2016
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 51 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 51 m
The Young Messiah
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5.4
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Summary The inspiring and unique story of seven-year-old Jesus Christ and His family as they come to a fuller understanding of His divine nature and purpose.
Directed By: Cyrus Nowrasteh
Written By: Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh, Anne Rice, Cyrus Nowrasteh
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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67% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
33% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
33
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
67% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
33% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
That’s one dismayingly archaic trend throughout The Young Messiah: the fiendish characters are also wildly effeminate.
Young Messiah is more quiet than action-driven, more sober than fantastical (that slinky Satan notwithstanding), and more dull than poetic.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 User Ratings
5.4
44% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
24% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
32% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 User Ratings
5.4
44% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
24% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
32% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Given the fact that we are not given historical data in the Bible of the years between the birth of Jesus and the beginning of His ministry, this movie is highly enlightening as to imagining what those years may have been like for the Young Messiah. It is ridiculous to assume that he was struck one day with the realization of who He was and the reason for His being and suddenly set out on a journey to minister to the world. He had to have known and grow into His calling. The Young Messiah is astounding and truly inspiring as we imagine what His life may have been like growing up as both a human and the future King.
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If you believe... you will understand it completely. Emotional throughout and beautiful scenes. The actor playing Jesus is such a sweet boy that you will be completely wrapped in the story.
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For all the healing here — the revived include a bird, an ailing uncle and a blind man — The Young Messiah performs no miracles.
The Young Messiah is just, like, barely competent enough that the faith-based target audience won't feel entirely cheated.
In the end, as with too many Gospel-derived dramas, The Young Messiah could’ve used less literalism, and more mystery.
Now I understand why Jesus’s childhood remains such a mystery: the story is unbelievably boring.
It was not Biblical in the purest sense,. However, based on other movies ie Bible, it was thought provoking. We do not know very much about Jesus' childhood. I believe this film will cause some to investigate who this child really was and that is a very positive thing.
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The Young Messiah is lovable and decent as ever. Surprised? Well, this film normally surprises me but just fails to at the end. It would be better just by the second that I finally see ratings here.
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It was entertaining at times. Even though it was extremely biblical inaccurate I had somewhat **** time. It also felt like it went on for 20 minutes to long.
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Another Christian movie, another failure. I just really cant wait until I can stop watching these made up storys of religion. If your religion you will like it.
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Soft, warm, without emotion or depth.
This film addresses the childhood of Jesus Christ and is based on a novel by Anne Rice, an author who has been an atheist for years, and this book will have been written shortly after her conversion to the Christian faith. Jesus is the most striking historical and religious figure in all of human history and it means so much to so many people that it is necessary to treat him with care when making a film. Making this film was a bold and courageous step, but also dangerous, as we know almost nothing about Jesus' life during his childhood and youth.
The film, as I said, is largely based on an Anne Rice novel, and it is most likely that the author has gone to seek most of her information about Jesus' youth from the Gnostic texts and the apocryphal gospels. There are immense ideas that the film conveys, moreover, they are totally at odds with the Catholic Church, which states that Jesus would not have worked miracles in his youth and had a normal childhood, except for the famous episode where, at the age of twelve, he disappears on his parents' side and is found debating with the doctors and wise men of the Jerusalem Temple. However, here we can see Jesus performing several miracles without knowing who he really is and why he is doing it. Blasphemy ... for those who believe what is in the Bible, of course.
When I saw the film, I felt that he tried to avoid being too preachy. However, the film is so lukewarm and makes such a mess with Jesus' youth that it is difficult to swallow. The cast's bland performance doesn't help. Adam Greaves-Neal is quite weak and warm for the character, he lacks charisma. Furthermore, he, Sara Lazzaro and Vincent Walsh seem too Western to represent Jews from the Middle East. In fact, this applies to virtually the entire cast. Rory Keenan has very strange hair and is bored in his role as Satan. Christian McKay was OK, but it **** to see how an uncle of Jesus seems to know more about Jesus' future role than Jesus himself. Jonathan Bailey is weird and only exists in the film to bring a classic and manic villain to life.
Technically, we have everything we could hope for, without major surprises. A regular and nothing special photograph, sets and costumes that try to recreate the time but seem to have been made with material and props from the "Passion of the Christ", "Gladiator" (those Roman military uniforms) or from the "Rome" series. The soundtrack is as bland, dispassionate and warm as the film itself.
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Production Company
1492 Pictures,
CJ Entertainment,
Hyde Park International,
Ocean Blue Entertainment
Release Date Mar 11, 2016
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Before he was the savior...he was a child.
Awards
MovieGuide Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
