Review – The Greatest Story Ever Told

Or at least one of the longest. The Gospels naturally make for an entertaining, thought-provoking story. But here the telling undoes a lot of the point. Christ’s teachings get screen time here and there, but at the same time we get a lot of extraneous politicking among government and religious officials. I was particularly surprised that a lot of the miracles took place off-screen, described in gossip between the characters rather than actually shown. Further, Good Friday takes up nearly a third of the screen time. With the galaxy of stars they packed into the production, a much more inspirational picture could have been made. Mildly amusing