The Passion
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 20, 2016
Metascore
40

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 9
  3. Negative: 3 out of 9

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Dziemianowicz
    Mar 21, 2016
    60
    The two-hour show was a hodgepodge that never built momentum or drama. So this Passion aroused none. It was less than the sum of its parts.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jeff Jensen
    Mar 21, 2016
    50
    It wasn’t the worst possible thing it could be, but it was also far from the best.
  3. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Mar 21, 2016
    50
    This all felt too commercial, too slick, too “American Idol”-ized. The Passion is Christianity’s foundational story. This usually--also awkwardly and regrettably--felt like just another TV one.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Mar 21, 2016
    40
    One would say that on balance they were chosen for their singing, which was faultless, rather than their acting, which in some cases felt stiff even as it was obviously impassioned; on the other hand, the acting didn't take up much screen time.
  6. Boston Herald
    Reviewed by: Mark A. Perigard
    Mar 21, 2016
    40
    Fox managed to turn the final hours of Jesus Christ into an extended “Today Show” concert. Except “Today” has never had so many taped segments. The bewildering sort-of-live production in New Orleans last night starred Tyler Perry as host and violated the cardinal rule of storytelling: SHOW, don’t tell.
  7. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Mike Hale
    Mar 21, 2016
    40
    The script written for the host and narrator, Tyler Perry, included some attempts to cast the city’s post-Hurricane Katrina history as a resurrection, but it was notable mostly for the wooden, studiously neutral way it told the story of Christ’s last days.