
Ewan McGregor is Jesus - and the Devil - in an imagined chapter from his forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test.... (Full plot summary below)
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Ewan McGregor is Jesus - and the Devil - in an imagined chapter from his forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test.
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| New YorkerRichard BrodyThe story turns the Messiah into a family therapist who reveals his own neuroses in snippy exchanges with the Devil about their Father. |
| CraveOnlineWilliam BibbianiA very special story that captures the imagination and challenges the mind. |
| IGN MoviesJosh LasserBeautiful to look at, Last Days in the Desert still feels nearly as empty as the land Jesus is traversing. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenMcGregor pulls off the trick of making two iconic figures register as flesh-and-blood characters. |
| Washington PostAnn HornadayThe mystical and the mundane come together with captivating force in Last Days in the Desert, Rodrigo Garcia’s thoughtful, intriguingly layered interpretation of the Gospel stories of Jesus’s confrontation with the devil while fasting and praying in the Judean desert. |
| Madison MovieRob ThomasIf "Last Days in the Desert" was just an empty vessel, it would be worth watching because it's so beautifully shot and so well acted. But it's rich with both ideas and empathy. |
| CinemaywardJoel MaywardThe Christian evangelical subculture will likely find the film too esoteric, too extra-biblical, and too challenging ... The indie art-house audience will likely find the film too spiritual, too biblical, too Christian. As such, I loved it. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAt times a beautiful wandering, at other times an admirable character study, but rarely a powerful whole. |
| Mark Reviews MoviesMark DujsikLast Days in the Desert is a work of reflection on the burden of the unanswerable. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyIs it scripture? No. Is it flawed, struggling, human? Yes. |