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By Simon Miraudo (882) for Student Edge (256) on 19 Mar 2018

Mary Magdalene tries to retell the Easter story, and lays an egg…

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By Paul Whitington (413) for Irish Independent (461) on 19 Mar 2018

I liked the matter-of-fact way [Garth] Davis tells this extremely familiar story: we're given a real sense of what his followers sacrificed…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for The Mail on Sunday (UK) (704) on 19 Mar 2018

Rooney Mara in the title role and Joaquin Phoenix as a frankly rather scary Jesus both do a lot of meaningful staring…

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By Tom Shone (158) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 19 Mar 2018

The role of Judas Iscariot is turned on its head by a superb performance by Tahar Rahim, as playful and affectionate as a puppy that doesn't…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 19 Mar 2018

Jesus was about loving the world, not ending it. And that, folks, is all you'll learn from this handsome slog through the Gospels…

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By Luke Buckmaster (275) for The Daily Review/Crikey (197) on 18 Mar 2018

Some of the commentary around the film has suggested Mary Magdalene is a bold second feature from Davis…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 18 Mar 2018

Oddly bloodless, but thought-provoking in a discussion group kind of way, it’s less successful as a film than as an exercise, but at least…

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By Simran Hans (401) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 18 Mar 2018

A tasteful RE lesson that rushes to paint Mary's inner strength and moral goodness, but forgets to shade in the contours of her characterisation…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 16 Mar 2018

There's no doubt that Davis has taken some major risks with Mary Magdalene and while they don't all pay off in completely satisfactory ways…

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By Ed Potton (195) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 16 Mar 2018

Jesus is a stoner Messiah, with his woozy delivery and Kris Kristofferson beard…

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By Paula Arantzazu Ruiz (61) for Sensacine (386) on 16 Mar 2018

It's a moving image, one that deserves much more space. [Full Review in Spanish]…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 16 Mar 2018

A fiercely feminist and proudly revisionist historical drama that offers a powerful and much-needed rebuke to modern Christianity…

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By Matthew Norman (64) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 16 Mar 2018

Davis (best known for 2016's Lion) has pulled off the miracle of turning The Greatest Story Ever Told into One of the Dullest Stories Ever Screened…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 15 Mar 2018

Mara brings her customary intensity to the role, but she doesn't have much to do beyond gazing beatifically at the ever-enigmatic Phoenix…

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By Harry Guerin (318) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 15 Mar 2018

With the story told more through the eyes than the dialogue; barren-yet-beautiful locations and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson's score, there's…

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By Alistair Ryder (351) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 14 Mar 2018

Garth Davis proves once again his skills behind the camera can help uplift middlebrow material - but only to a certain extent…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 14 Mar 2018

What's missing here is any sense whatsoever of dramatic conflict. The film's formal beauty notwithstanding, this is a torpid affair…

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By Elena Lazic (92) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 14 Mar 2018

Although a rather elegant and serene interpretation of an eternal story, this film has little new or interesting to offer either to believers…

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By Dan Jolin (289) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 12 Mar 2018

An interesting new take on a very well-known tale and a praiseworthy act of revisionism, but one which doesn’t ultimately deliver on its…

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By Aaron Yap (100) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 11 Mar 2018

If Mary Magdalene emerges less transcendent and spiritually satisfying than it ought to be, it's because of director Garth Davis' tendency…

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