Critic Reviews

• J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

  It's like watching Max Headroom lead his people out of Egypt.

• Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

  Ponderous but somewhat moving.

• John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

  Thou shalt not cast Christian Slater as Moses, no matter how much the Hollywood party boy wants to fulfill some form of karmic community service.

• Mary Houlihan, Chicago Sun-Times

  While the story is solid, the computer-generated animation, which lacks any flow and grace, is another matter. Actually, it's kind of creepy

• Joe Leydon, Variety

  A well-intentioned misfire featuring 3-D CGI animation that recalls lesser vidgames of the mid-1990s.

• Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

  A big-name voice cast doesn't cover for a script that may hit the Biblical high points but somehow misses the dramatic heart of the story.

• Mike Scott, Times-Picayune

  Though it boasts a noteworthy cast, the film suffers from clunky computer animation that appears to be hinged on technology at least several years behind the curve.

• Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile

  Adults will squirm at the dialogue and wonder how actors of such fine calibre manage to squander some of their star credentials

• Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

  Here's an unusual but OK take on the story of Moses, the Exodus and, of course, "The Ten Commandments."

• Steve Davis, Austin Chronicle

  This is the inaugural film in a franchise of 12 feature films based on Bible stories, using a crude form of three-dimensional computer animation. One can only hope that the future entries in the series are better executed than this first one.

• Peter T. Chattaway, Christianity Today

  As a straightforward introducition to the biblical story, it is arguably better than some of the splashier or more sensational movies out there.

• Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press

  The characters' skin looks like hard plastic, so it's as if a bunch of GI Joes are trying to escape the plague of locusts, and all of the human characters appear to be lit from within, like nightlights.

• Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review

  ...Exodus: The Video Game...

• Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide

  Shamelessly rips off interpretive conceits and even specific dramatic beats from The Prince of Egypt.

• Brian Orndorf, eFilmCritic.com

  Unprofessional...this new Commandments is the work of the devil himself.

• Sue Pierman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  Likable enough without being extraordinary.

• Andy Spletzer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

  This new version of the story of Moses is a huge step backward for theatrical CG animation, or any animation for that matter.

• Keith Phipps, AV Club

  A beyond-unimpressive computer-animated retelling of the story of Moses, The Ten Commandments seems to have been made using public-domain software, and targeted squarely at kids impressed by any brightly colored moving objects.

• Cynthia Conlin, Orlando Weekly

  Where the filmmakers may have aimed to create something comparable to Shrek, instead the quality falls somewhere between that and the movers in the 1985 Dire Straits' Money for Nothing video.

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