_Passion of Christ_
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Gibson's 'Passion' is devastating, uplifting, LA Daily News...
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories…contains an interesting response to some of the less favorable reviews...
"Yet more curious than the charges of anti-Semitism, which stem from a real history of real suffering, is the hand-wringing over Gibson's violent depiction of Christ's final 12 hours. Newsweek describes the film as "relentlessly savage." The New York Times says it "seems to arise less from love than from wrath." The New Yorker calls it "one the cruelest movies in the history of cinema."
Yes, "The Passion of the Christ" is a violent film, but certainly not more so than, say, "Reservoir Dogs," "Gangs of New York," "Kill Bill" or any number of movies that have won the praise of some of the very critics now denouncing Gibson's gore. It contains cruelty, but it's not itself cruel, like, say the wretched and critically acclaimed "Seven."
And its violence, while intense, is never gratuitous. Unlike any number of bloody films that have made millions in recent years, the depiction of pain and brutality in "The Passion" isn't meant to appeal to our morbid fascinations, but to horrify us with the ugliness and the brutality of the sins we commit every day."