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Paul, Apostle of Christ

2018

Andrew Hyatt

Jim Caviezel, James Faulkner, Olivier Martínez, Joanne Whalley ...

5.8

804

Drama This is the story of two men. Luke, as a friend and physician, risks his life when he ventures into the city of Rome to visit Paul, who is held captive in Nero’s darkest, bleakest prison cell. But Nero is determined to rid Rome of Christians, and does not flinch from executing them in the grisliest ways possible. Before Paul’s death sentence can be enacted, Luke resolves to write another book, one that details the beginnings of “The ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"The passion is missing (...) All this Italian-set melodrama feels hokey, cooked up and, in the end, not what we want to be seeing"	NEG
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"This absorbing drama benefits from lush production values (...) and first-rate performances from a cast of seasoned actors (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[It] struggles to find a compelling entry point to a critical period in the early Christian church (...) Hyatt and his team achieve a relatively high production value"	NEU
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"Hyatt’s dialogue is ponderous and expository, but the cast (...) deliver the lines with conviction; location shooting in Malta ensures visual interest, even when the direction is uninspired or worse."	NEU
United States	Luke Y. Thompson Forbes	"It looks good, and the main actors (...) give it their all. The problem is really the story; you could easily cut out a good 20 minutes and not lose much."	NEU
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Thoughtfully depicts a disciple's final days (...) Caviezel gives a stoic performance (...) Lynch and Whalley are excellent (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"The film's simple, redundant, but valuable moral lesson to its audience finds comfortable enough expression in an aesthetic that's banal but impressively consistent (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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