Mary
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): December 6, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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The New York TimesLisa KennedyDec 6, 2024
No genre gesture goes untapped in the deliberately hagiographic “Mary,” a coming-of-age saga about the mother of Jesus. Directed by D.J. Caruso and written by Timothy Michael Hayes, the film aims to draw multitudes. Read full review
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The GuardianCatherine BrayDec 6, 2024
Alas, you have to sit through a lot of turgid Bible studies dramatisations of bits of scripture to get to the good stuff. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreDec 9, 2024
There’s sacrifice, but little compassion and little sense of the allure of the origin story that launched a global religion. This account from an “elevated historical” space has action, but the drama in the story is mostly dull pre-ordained “prophecy,” as if that’s enough. Read full review
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ColliderIsabella SoaresDec 6, 2024
Overall, the biggest takeaway that I had while watching Mary is that it was a missed opportunity. A missed opportunity to give the mother of Jesus more development than we've seen in prior depictions of the Nativity story, and a missed opportunity to truly show the cruelty of Herod's actions as a ruler. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleDec 10, 2024
Mary is a fictionalized and heavily dramatized account of the life of the Virgin Mary, but the movie’s great and only pleasure is in watching Anthony Hopkins play King Herod as a homicidal maniac. Read full review
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The TelegraphTim RobeyDec 6, 2024
This may be the single worst film I’ve seen all year; it’s certainly the most confused. Read full review
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