Tends to degenerate into a series of increasingly bizarre walk-ons.
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11/13/07
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
35 %
Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 6 Rotten:11 Average Rating: 4.5/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 25 mins
Synopsis: George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in... [More]
Genre: Religious
Starring: Max Von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Claude Rains, Bobby Blake
Reviews
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Wile it's not quite as bad as the critics claimed upon its release, it's not particularly good either.
11/13/07
Top Critic
The prophets should speak with respect of this $20 million Biblical epic.
11/13/07
Top Critic
By reputation, the results are so dull and so consistently undercut by a succession of star cameos that no one seems to mind the various shorter versions released since them, one of them less than half as long.
11/13/07
If this is the greatest story ever told I can imagine how horrid is the worst story ever told.
03/04/06
Mr. Stevens has done it in a generous and often stunning style. And the quality of his reverence should captivate the piously devout.
05/09/05
Top Critic
Yes, the celebrity cameos distract, but the film focuses more on Jesus' message than the overated King of Kings If you've never seen it in widescreen, you are missing a revelation.
02/17/05
The New Testament meets "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" in this unintentionally funny all-star Biblical epic.
06/29/04
So call me a blasphemer and a heretic. Producer/director/writer George Stevens' ultimate project simply isn't a very good film.
04/13/03
One of the most boring movies ever made; if Jesus was a wooden in life as he is in this movie, he would not have attracted one disciple.
12/25/02
Don't let the title fool you. It's all hype. The gratuitous cameos make it hard to take the movie seriously.
07/21/02
The most unintentionally hilarious biblical epic ever to grace the silver screen.
06/19/01
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