Mary Magdalene

Let's just take a look at my notes, shall we? 1) I saw it on Good Friday, so at least there was one good thing that day. 2) Joaquin Phoenix may have met his match in Jesus. 3) The only kind of "Jesus!" we see in the screen is the expletive. 4) There are more white people in the Middle East than at a Polo shirt sale in Sweden. 5) Watch The Meaning of Life again, instead. 6) Slacker hippy Jesus walks around in his bathrobe all day. 7) Before seeing this film I knew only half of the Phoenix / Mara duo would be watchable, I just didn't think it'd be Mara. 8) Tahar Rahim as Judas was inspired. 9) Ironic that Mara and Rahim are the ones that have the most faith...in this film. 10) Watch The Last Temptation of Christ again instead. 11) Or Mother! 12) Maybe they had Joaquin Phoenix walk around in a sheet all day to make it look like A Ghost Story for Rooney Mara.

Pretty scenery and great actors who tried to do their best with the script. But while I enjoyed the alternative viewpoint from Maria instead of the "normal" Jesus story, the story wasn't told well. I never really figured out who was who from the Apostels. Until the brother's kiss I never knew that Tahar Rahim's character was supposed to be Judas.