Title: It misses the point
Review: The controvercy surrounding this film is actually silly. The novel by Kazanstakis mrerly uses the life of Christ as a starting-point for the exploration of the human psyche in terms of predestination. It is a philosophical work which is here given soap-opera treatment. It was a novel never meant to be filmed and as such the film is a terrible disappointment, despite some great scenes. Barbara Hershey is superb as the Magdalene and her performance alone makes the rest of the mess worth wathcing (for a while). David Bowie's brief appearance is also a gem, but all in all the film falters on its own pretentions. It cannot decide what it wants to be and Scorcese's good intentions merely pave the road to hell even further.
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