Recent Reviews for The Greatest Story Ever Told

Recent Reviews

  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 4, 2008
    A Jesus film stands or falls with its portrayal of Jesus, and whether or not you would follow him heart in soul if he were actually like on screen.

    Much as I like Von Sydow as an actor generally, I couldn't stand his Jesus for a minute. He looks and talks like Obi Wan Kenobi on valium (just look at his face on the DVD cover; you just want to shake him from his bored drowsiness), and I pray to God the real Jesus was nothing like that. (I know he wasn't.)
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 23, 2008
    love these top heavy with stars juggernauts they tossed at you to try to get you out from in front of your teevee sets! and this one drips with maybe too much reverence, and how, oh how can you do that?
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 15, 2008
    Good but not the Greatest. Von Sydow is good as Jesus, but some of the other casting was odd, such as John Wayne as a Roman Centurion. I liked King of Kings better.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 27, 2008
    i so want to see this movie. it is so great! because i know that jeasous dyed for us on the cross. so i totaly want to see this movie! even thoe i never saw it before i will still rate it. and i give it five star!!!
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 14, 2008
    again just love this film a must see
    Beautiful scenes. Many lit and set up like Rembrandts or Da Vincis.
    Max von Sydow does beautiful work as Jesus
    This is definitely a movie to see on the big screen.
  • 1.0 Star
    MCT:
    February 28, 2008
    So many stars in this old piece of film, its ridiculous. What else is ridiculous? The freaking length! I think I saw the original four hour cut. It must have originally been in like 20 cans. Yawn.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 20, 2008
    Not the best treatment of the life of Christ out there, but Charlton Heston as John the Baptist ruled. Max von Sydow's Jesus could have been a little less wooden and ethereal.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 1, 2007
    The part that really touched me is when Jesus wept when the people were mourning over the death of Lazerous it was a really good performance
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 7, 2007
    JESUS IS MY LORD AND SAVIOUR AND ANY MOVIE THAT DEPICTS HIS LIFE HERE ON EARTH WITH ACCURACY IS WAY WORTH SEEING OVER & OVER
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 10, 2007
    Hollywood put so much into this big budget epic, the production values alone make it worth seeing. It also doesn't hurt that they signed virtually everyone who was ever anyone to appear in the film in roles of various levels of importance. Biblical Epic veteran Charlton Heston puts in an especially great showing as John the Baptist, and they even got a past his prime John Wayne(!) to make a cameo as the Roman Centurion in charge of Jesus' Crucifixion.
    The end result is a mostly-entertaining movie that gets ocasionally bogged down by some overly drawn out sequences and a few snicker-inducing "what were they thinking?" bits.
  • Not Interested
    MCT:
    September 9, 2007
    Wasn't the greatest story ever told the one about the Irishman, Englishman and a racially origniated non-specific third party and their exploits in the local freehouse?
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    July 23, 2007
    Hmmmm, John Wayne as a roman centurion? No I don't think so. Von Sydow though is a great Jesus. And heston fits in the enviorment as a klingon fits on the battlefield.
  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 13, 2007
    I didn't like this movie much. The Passion of the Christ was much more spiritual and it touched my heart more deeply than this movie.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 11, 2007
    Well Its Great, although it makes Jesus look like a somber man. If you get the chance watch a movie called MATTHEW from Visual Bible. BEST
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 18, 2007
    I did like Sydow's portrayal of Jesus. Not as good as Jim Cavaziel's Passsion of the Christ depiction, but still very good. The random cameos were really silly.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 17, 2007
    A Really Great film, and i believe it to be the greatest story ever told. It's an older film, but it's one of the better ones i've seen of it's kind to date.
  • Not Interested
    MCT:
    April 29, 2007
    If this is the greatest story ever told, then where are the swordfights, the Italian villages, the unexplored ice caves, the spaceships, and Helena Bunham Carter?
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 24, 2007
    Max von Sydow makes a forlorn and wimpy wimpy Jesus in this Bible epic without end. KING OF KINGS did it MUUUUUCH BETTER.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 21, 2007
    this movie wasn't very accurate, they got alot of the story wrong, its a good story but bad planning now the passion thats good!
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 21, 2007
    The storyline doesn't flow as well as the film Jesus of Nazareth. It's worth a watch, but just doesn't capture the true meaning of the gospel.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 29, 2007
    Following mainly the gospel of John, this was the first of real block-buster examinations of the life of Jesus the Christ.
    Though soft and dream in tone the simple honest with which each scene is approached is appreciable. The allowance for humour and some startling imagery - given the era of film making this was made - show the humanity of the Christ before ever telling the story of his divinity.
    The only criticism really is that the acting rides a very calm wave' being neither too gritty or offensive, nor chasing after ethereal other-worldly motives. The film lacks the momentum to really 'present' the importance of its subject.
    So though this is the greatest story ever told, and the story certainly is told, it is not told perhaps as well as it could have been.
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 19, 2007
    Ponderous, boring retelling. Sometimes religious material so intimidates filmakers that the final product lacks any energy. This is beautifully filmed, and Sydow is excellent, but it just plods along.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 17, 2006
    The greatest story ever told, and one of the best, when it comes to biblical movies, depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. A true Christian classic.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 28, 2006
    One of the better movies about the life of Jesus. Max von Sydows highlights are the raising of Lazarus from the dead and the sequence of his entry into Jerusalem and speech at the temple. Few actors can portray the almost fanatic mania of John the Baptist a voice crying in the wilderness like Charlton Heston.