Review of The Passion of the Christ (2004) by Stanley Kauffmann for The New Republic — 18 Mar 2004
The $25 million of his own that Gibson is said to have put into this film may be conscience money, and the savagery in the picture may--consciously or not--be Gibson's way of saying that violence is not always valueless.
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This review of The Passion of the Christ (2004) was written by Stanley Kauffmann and published by The New Republic on 18 Mar 2004.
The Passion of the Christ has generally received positive reviews.
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