Tells the story of Jesus Christ at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth. Told from his childhood perspective, it follows young Jesus as he grows into his religious identity.
Keeping in mind that The Young Messiah was based on Anne Rice's Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt,
(a book which I actually quite enjoyed) viewers need to remember that
it is fiction and that it was written shortly after Rice quit spending
her time celebrating her death day and returned to the spiritual fold
and found religion.
Keeping in mind that it is
fiction I thought it was a great read and found it interesting to see
what Rice's thoughts were on who or what Jesus may have been like as a
child.
The film explores the more
human side of Jesus to the most basic level. Wanting to know about the
world, wanting to know the truth, and finding his footing in how to
embrace what he really is. The few narrations and many scenes between
both himself and his family show that there is quite a pull between how
much he yearns to stop being sheltered from reality and how much his
family wants to protect him. Its interesting to see the take on what his
family life may have been like and seeing Mary as a mother and a wife
and how being the mother to Jesus affected her but there was quite a bit
in the movie that didn't quite translate as well as I'd hoped it would
have.
While I found it entertaining
and interesting The Young Messiah didn't quite achieve what I had been
expecting from a film that included names like Sean Bean, David Bradley,
Jane Lapotaire, and many others.
The
Young Messiah was a good movie, not great - but not bad either. It had
the potential to be so much more yet in the end it was still worth the
watch.
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