Risen
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: February 19, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
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10
Mixed:
13
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenFeb 18, 2016
With intelligence and great moviemaking skill, [Reynolds] has created a classic variation on a venerated ancient theme. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 19, 2016
Whatever your religious affiliation, you will come away thinking that if all this did actually happen, it probably happened something like this. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniFeb 19, 2016
While it descends too often into the melodramatic, it's a solid, smart picture and a welcome addition to the genre. Read full review
75
Boston GlobePeter KeoughFeb 18, 2016
As played by Fiennes, who has the aquiline face and piercing eyes of Max Van Sydow, Clavius is no pushover. You believe his disbelief, so when it wavers, yours might as well. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 18, 2016
Yes, it’s aimed at believers. But Reynolds & Co. avoid the traps of Mel Gibson’s movie and many others by making these times horrifically real, but these Biblical figures and what they were about compelling in their kindness, soft-selling their message so sweetly that even a Roman with blood on his hands will question his Empire, his religion and his way of living before all is said and done. Read full review
70
Screen DailyJohn HazeltonFeb 18, 2016
Though there’s some clunky dialogue and not much real character development, Reynolds manages to put the action, mystery and drama elements together into a credible, and at times quite touching whole. Read full review
70
VarietyJustin ChangFeb 18, 2016
Whether or not it triggers a craze for divinely inspired detective stories, Risen makes a decent case for itself as the “Columbo” of the genre: It’s amiable, creaky and not remotely predicated on the element of surprise. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubFeb 18, 2016
Risen is more entertaining than Bible-adjacent stories are usually allowed to be. Read full review
65
TheWrapInkoo KangFeb 18, 2016
Unlike the first half, which felt like a fresh look at Biblical events from an unfamiliar POV, the latter section simply recreates the end of the Gospel of Matthew with little of the urgency or humanity that fueled it before. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzFeb 18, 2016
An old-fashioned Biblical spectacular with fresh blood in its veins. Read full review
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