Review of Ben-Hur (2016) by Joseph W — 04 Sep 2016

I watched this movie because there was nothing else in the theater I wanted to see that night. I am so glad I did. The story seemed to pack in much more than the 2-hour running time. Every emotion was intensely felt and the story was deep and thoughtful.

Visually, it was a beautiful movie and parts of the action made me forget to breathe. We went with our 17-year-old son who wanted to go to a coffee shop afterward to discuss the deep talking points in the movie.

It made us think and affected us deeply. It is one of the few movies I want to see again because I feel I will pick up a deeper story the second time around. I think this version of Ben-Hur is just as epic as its predecessors.

I thoroughly enjoyed it.