Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #34485 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-03-15
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 125 minutes

Customer Reviews

The Gospel of John is an amazing production.
This film of epic proportions was beautifully written, photographed and acted. The authors attempted to stay authentic to the location, clothing and props of the time. This is a word-for-word production of John's gospel, based on the Good News Bible Translation of the American Bible Society.

This movie is the product of Canadian and British talent. Henry Ian Cusick is gives a phenomenal performance as Jesus - charismatic, warm, confident, sincere. He is by far the best dramatic Jesus on film so far. The cast truly supports his performance, and they give flavor and emotion to the story. Watching them, one believes that these disciples are truly devoted followers.

The music was composed by Jeff Danna using instruments authentic to the time and region. While the dialogue can be repetitive, it stays true to the book. It is a 3-hour movie, but I was never bored, even though I already knew the story. The suffering and crucifixtion were handled delicately and with tact, and were only a small part of this film. The resurrection scenes are beautifully shot.

I recommend this movie to anyone with any interest in the life of Jesus, the bible, Christianity or history.

Convincing, faithful presentation of John's Gospel
Henry Cusick makes a convincing Jesus. It is a tough script to perform, as he has so much dialogue, and sometimes several chapters of the bible with only the odd word or two from the narrator, or a question from a disciple.

It is well worth taking the time to watch this DVD. We did it in 3 sessions, and it was worth taking the breaks, so that we could absorb it as best we could.

This is the best film of Jesus' life I have seen. I haven't watched many, though, and have not even seen Mel Gibson's recent film. Another Jesus film I recommend is the excellent Miracle Maker, which was created using puppets and some animation.

Side note: The costumes and settings seem authentic, but when Jesus turns the water to wine, it is poured out into what looks like a Tupperware plastic cup, and when the soldiers cast lots for Jesus' garment, they use what looks like a plastic 21st century Mattell die!

Christian films
This is one of the best Christian films I have ever seen, more so when you can follow the script with your Bible in your hand. It is more a word for word study of the book of John, without added material.