
Judea, 33 AD. Mary is a faithful young girl from the village of Magdala (close to Galilea Lake) unsure to follow the traditions and destiny reserved to the women, living only as wife and mother, in her wish to be free. After to reject a marriage proposal of Ephraim, a family friend, her brother Daniel and her father Elisha make her an exorcism in the belief that she is possessed by a demon. Trying to find a solution Elisha asks help Jesus, a healer who is earning fame between... (Full plot summary below)
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Judea, 33 AD. Mary is a faithful young girl from the village of Magdala (close to Galilea Lake) unsure to follow the traditions and destiny reserved to the women, living only as wife and mother, in her wish to be free. After to reject a marriage proposal of Ephraim, a family friend, her brother Daniel and her father Elisha make her an exorcism in the belief that she is possessed by a demon. Trying to find a solution Elisha asks help Jesus, a healer who is earning fame between the Jews of the zone with his speeches about a kingdom of peace and love free of hate, tyranny, oppression and prosecution, to heal Mary and that finally she obeys and submits to their will. Astonished by the charisma, personality and words of Jesus, Mary decides to follow him despite the strong opposition of her family. She meets a few men who too walk with Jesus as Peter, Andrew, James, John and Judas, who have their personal interests and ideas about Jesus' words and his revolution. At the same time that Mary feels more passionate about Jesus and his vision of the world and people, Peter starts to feel a progressive resentment to her, in the belief that Mary's presence in the group weakens Jesus and his message, who each time pays more attention to her. Arriving at Jerusalem, Jesus and his apostles try to transmit the message against Roman Empire and Jews' authorities, but the events soon will turn dramatically against Jesus, as well as the confrontation between Mary and Peter about Jesus' not only will change they both, too will change the whole world.
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| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonA fiercely feminist and proudly revisionist historical drama that offers a powerful and much-needed rebuke to modern Christianity. Enrapturingly beautiful and intensely emotional. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfDavis keeps the effort crawling along, electing to make something visually appealing and insular than traditionally dramatic. |
| Sunday Independent (Ireland)Aine O'ConnorThe story is familiar but the take thought-provoking and quietly revolutionary in its depiction of the manipulation of records. |
| Adelaide ReviewDavid 'Mad Dog' BradleyEveryone looks way too clean, they endlessly pontificate in a variety of accents and it's awfully hard nowadays to take any biblical movie seriously since Monty Python's Life Of Brian. |
| Stuff.co.nzGraeme TuckettMary Magdalene is an overdue retelling of the story, one that restores Mary of Magdala to her acknowledged place and more. |
| Matt's Movie ReviewsMatthew PejkovicTakes to telling the story of its disputed subject with engaging performances and a quietly assured confidence sure to rile those of traditional faith-based views. |
| Irish IndependentPaul WhitingtonI liked the matter-of-fact way [Garth] Davis tells this extremely familiar story: we're given a real sense of what his followers sacrificed and risked, a woman most particularly. |
| RTÉ (Ireland)Harry GuerinWith the story told more through the eyes than the dialogue; barren-yet-beautiful locations and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson's score, there's a dreaminess here that's all too rare an experience in modern cinema. |
| VarietyGuy LodgeHushed, deliberate and realised with considerable care and beauty, the resulting film has its heart entirely in the right place; its pulse, unfortunately, is far harder to locate. |
| CinemaywardJoel MaywardNavel-gazing and listless, Mary Magdalene is nevertheless an affecting, contemplative hagiography of a biblical figure which is more inclined towards an arthouse aesthetic than anything in the "faith-based" sub-genre. |