Killing Jesus
National Geographic Channel | Release Date: March 29, 2015
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyMar 26, 2015
Season 1 Review: It succeeds reasonably well in that goal, distilling the story of Jesus’ life into a tale of political and theological intrigue that could fit comfortably into a contemporary TV procedural. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandMar 27, 2015
Season 1 Review: As ham-fisted as the filmmaking is, the anticipated finale is gritty, convincing and moving. We feel the wrenching pain Jesus experiences on the cross. His final words are spoken like a man about to die after hours and hours of unimaginable agony, with resolution and perhaps a bit of relief. It isn’t enough to rescue the rest of the feeble effort, though. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert LloydMar 30, 2015
Season 1 Review: Jesus hits a few of his main talking points (first stone, do unto others, turn cheek), but only a fraction and not the most subtle of them. And neither Sleiman nor the script nor director Christopher Menaul lifts the story off the ground. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerMar 27, 2015
Season 1 Review: The story has been adapted for screens large and small so often at this point that any new effort has to make clear why it needed to be made and what it’s bringing to the task that we haven’t seen before. This one never does. Read full review
40
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertMar 26, 2015
Season 1 Review: Killing Jesus is a shallow telling of the Jesus story, with no more distinction than you might find in the generic reenactments of some historical documentary. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushMar 19, 2015
Season 1 Review: If more of Killing Jesus had unfolded from their perspectives [Romans and Jewish leaders], keeping Jesus remote and mysterious, it might have been more compelling. [23 Mar - 5 Apr 2015, p.15]
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