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Passion of the Christ, The (2004) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Passion of the Christ, The (2004) a score of 2.6610 out of 4

based on (408) reviews

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Excellent

(77)

Very Good

(193)

Good

(108)

Fair

(25)

Poor

(5)

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KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)

One cannot rely on any critic for this film because a biased opinion lies behind every review....read the complete Passion of the Christ, The (2004) review at KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)

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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)

Viscerally powerful, but if this were a horror film instead of an 'edifying' religious drama, it would have been sent back for cuts or had an NC-17 slapped on it....read the complete Passion of the Christ, The (2004) review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)

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Fotograma.com

Un torso cruzado de latigazos, un rostro convertido en guiñapo sanguinolento, la multitud pidiendo a gritos una crucifixión, la maza cayendo en ralenti sobre el clavo, el plano detalle que muestra cómo el clavo penetra la mano: esa es la clase de...read the complete Passion of the Christ, The (2004) review at Fotograma.com

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Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)

While it fails to shed significant new light on its subject, Gibson's film and the all-Jesus-all-the-time attention from the media it's attracted do tell us something somewhat disconcerting about the state of American culture: That the way to make a...read the complete Passion of the Christ, The (2004) review at Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)