Pretty good story

Rating: 9/10 (4 June 2006)

I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by the story. While it is a long movie, the pace kept moving so nicely that you don't even realize it takes 2.5 hours.
The movie does stay true to the book, although some may consider this a chance for the movie makers to bring more life to the characters and the dialogue. My personal feeling is that most (not all) people who didn't like this movie did so for reasons other than being entertained.
From this disenfranchised group comes a lot of discussion about the basic facts and premise of the movie that Jesus had a child. Well, logically speaking a Jewish man living at that time period of Jesus's age would have probably been married. But with all that aside, if you just go to be entertained for a brief period of time, this will do the trick. I certainly am not one to agree with critics, either movie or literary, so am glad that this has been getting the attention.