Some have sung its praises, but AFA reviewers cite several objectionable elements observed in the advance copy of the four-hour feature scheduled for airing May 14 and 17.
Dialogue includes sexual subjects.
Later in the movie, there is another sex scene featuring Mary Magdalene. Jesus is angry at God for the death of Joseph. John agrees to baptize Jesus if he has repented of his sins. The movie 'renders an important service in presenting the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ' to a large audience, said A. L. Barry, president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod . But two important misimpressions of Jesus are given , he said.