Review of The Young Messiah (2016) by Cladius F — 08 Apr 2016

I liked the way in which the film makers have taken the scarce Biblical data about Jesus' childhood and built an engrossing story on top of it. It was a refreshing take on the story that I thought I already knew.

The day-to-day practical problems faced by Joseph and Mary have been portrayed very realistically. The Biblical verses which talk about Joseph and Mary uprooting their lives and moving to a different country not once but twice (once to Egpyt and then back to Israel) based on divine dreams seemed trivial to me while reading.

But the movie shows the overall hardships and the actual struggle involved in bending to God's will. It shows a realistic journey of a young child beginning to realize and accept His true identity as the Sacrificial Lamb of God for the forgiveness of mankind's sins.

Reminds me of the scene when a young Clark Kent realizes that he is not of this world and slowly embarks on the journey of becoming mankind's hero as Superman (albiet in a fictional DC universe).