Less ‘Good News’ Gospel than indigestible kiddie indoctrination; Christian pablum served in cutesy CGI animation that’s blocky & unattractive. Strictly for believers, of which there are more than enough to turn a profit. Especially in country of origin South Korea where, surprisingly, nearly one-third of the population identifies as Christian. Note all the ‘Kims’ in the credits of this Angel Studios product which specializes in Up With Christianity movies. A framing device goes back to Charles Dickens who famously wrote A CHRISTMAS CAROL and less famously a Story of the Christ, largely for family consumption. So, we begin at one of his histrionic stage readings of The Carol, interrupted by his obnoxious, though meant to be adorable, son. Unable to calm the boy down, stop sneezing from cat allergies or get the tyke to appreciate Christ over King Arthur and the like, Dickens tells him the whole story. And with Dickens & son stepping right into the Biblical past as participants. Missing pieces in the Life of Christ filled in as needed. (By Dickens or by Angel Studios?) With ghastly Christian Pop over the end credits and a depressingly impressive All-Star voice cast. (Oscar Isaac’s Jesus a hoot, tossing in the occasional Bronx infection even though he was raised in Miami.) The film offering something inappropriate for believers and non. God knows what other ANGEL Studio Films are like. Oh, yeah . . . God knows.
WATCH THIS, NOT THAT/LINK: This, the third KING OF KINGS iteration we’ve taken on, does make you appreciate the highly flawed films from Cecil B. DeMille (1927) and Nicholas Ray (1961). There are, of course, scores more under various titles. (Like the unexpectedly silly/serious LIFE OF BRIAN. https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2018/05/life-of-brian-1979.html https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2011/01/king-of-kings-1927.html https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2013/01/king-of-kings-1961.html
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