
Based on a concept album project written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and the subsequent long-running Broadway performance, this film tells the story of the final 6 days in the life of Jesus Christ through the troubled eyes of Judas Iscariot. Too often mis-labeled a musical, this film is a "rock opera." There are no spoken lines, everything is sung.... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on a concept album project written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and the subsequent long-running Broadway performance, this film tells the story of the final 6 days in the life of Jesus Christ through the troubled eyes of Judas Iscariot. Too often mis-labeled a musical, this film is a "rock opera." There are no spoken lines, everything is sung.
Leave your thoughts about Jesus Christ Superstar.
| The A.V. ClubTodd HansonHowever dated stylistically (everybody’s dressed, to put it baldly, like hippies) it remains immensely powerful. |
| Cinema SightWesley LovellJesus Christ Superstar makes a better musical than a movie. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA bright and sometimes breathtaking retelling of the rock opera of the same name. It is, indeed, a triumph over that work; using most of the same words and music, it succeeds in being light instead of turgid, outward-looking instead of narcissistic. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullOverall: Some good songs, some interesting choreography, and some utterly forgotten actors. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeFlawed, but still worthwhile film of the show. |
| Chicago ReaderDon DrukerThe music quickly becomes monotonous, and the operatic dialogue is silly right from the start—but Carl Anderson as Judas and Joshua Mostel as an unbelievably campy King Herod almost make this 1973 film worth sitting through. |
| EmpireDavid ParkinsonIf it weren't for Lost Horizon, this would have gone down in history as the Worst Musical of 1973. |
| Common Sense MediaRenee SchonfeldDated, unconventional rock opera has some violence. |
| User ReviewTaru HAndrew Lloyd Webber on nero, ja tämä elokuva todistaa sen kiistattomasti. |
| User ReviewBeatlesBabeThe End of the story NEVER changes. I still cry every time. |