Ben Hur is a epic film full of emotion and lessons that won any academic prizes.

Rating: 9/10 (18 February 2014)

The movie Ben Hur, released in 1959, is about a young courageous man devoted to his faith and freedom of Jewish. He is falsely accused by his friend and made into slave, and his family is put into prison. After years of slavery, he comes back wealthy and seeks for revenge, and then find out his mother and sister contacted with leprosy while in jail. When he witnesses the Crucifixion, he feels like he is touched by Jesus Christ as all of his hatred vanished. The cast of the movie were talents with very good acting skills. For example, Charlton Heston was a well-known actor that won many prizes for his acting. The movie was well-filmed in general. The scenes are filmed in Brazil and they are big and great so that they leave audience in awe. This movie's audience range is wide, anyone can watch. It also attracts many Jewish and Christian people for the film has some matters involving Christian. Also, the movie is a box office success with the budget of $16,000,000 and the gross of $70,000,000 (only in the U.S.). Also, there are a lot of identical works with the same name produced in 1907, 1925, 2003 and some other TV series and plays. The most dramatic scene is the moment when Ben Hur feels Jesus Christ in his soul that makes him so relieved and free of sorrow and hatred. This scene also touched many audiences by showing them lessons of forgiveness and the presence of Christ in soul. To me, any 212-minute film is too long, but this masterpiece just makes me could not take my eyes off the screen. It was interesting and full of lessons of courage, love and forgiveness.