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Visual Bible - Matthew | 
 enlarge | Director: Reghardt Van Den Bergh
Actor: Gerrit Schoonhoven; Richard Kiley; Bruce Marchiano; Dawid Minnaar; Kevin Smith (iii); Hannes Muller; Charlton George; Jaqques De Klerk; Sean Michael; Tony Joubert; Darryl Fuchs; Jonathan Pienaar; Patrick Mynhardt; Chris Truter; Joanna Weinberg; Tony Caprari; Marcel Van Heerden; Gordon Van Rooyen; Brioan O'shuaghnessy; Pippa Duffy
Studio: GNN International Corp. and Visual Bible, LLC
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.95
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Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 10619
Format: Dolby, Ntsc
Languages: English (Unknown), Spanish (Unknown)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 265 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 804671519393
EAN: 0804671519393
ASIN: B0002UBX54
Release Date: August 1, 2004
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Product Description
Experience The Visual Bible's Matthew. This powerful and entertaining film is taken word for word from the text of the New International Version translation. This multi-million dollar production appeals to all ages, and it offers educational, spiritual and entertainment value. "The goal of The Visual Bible is to put the entire Bible on film using only Scripture to tell the story." Filmed on location in Tunisia, Morocco and South Africa, Matthew features a cast of thousands, historically accurate costuming and award-winning directing. The film stars Emmy award-winning actor Richard Kiley as Matthew, and introduces Bruce Marchiano as Jesus.
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 A laughing, happy Jesus... July 19, 2008
Mary E. Arnold (Northwest Illinois)
My husband and I really enjoyed this movie! We have three different movie portrayals of Jesus Christ, which are completely consistent with their respective Gospels, and we enjoy all of them. (Read my other reviews if you're interested in them.)
The happy, laughing Jesus in this movie is intriguing. The way he speaks to people and looks at them warmly portrays his love for everyone. I think the actor really does a great job of portraying the duality of Jesus, how much he loves us, but yet that all is not hearts and flowers and warm and fuzzy due to the human condition.
If you're looking for a great movie to share with friends, family, small group, etc., this is it! Don't watch late at night because you'll want to stay awake!
scratches head......... June 26, 2008
M. Johnson (NJ)
i scratch my head so to speak when i read the reviews about this movie being anything less then five stars! do not listen to those reviews, THIS movie is life changing & the BEST portrayal of the Lord there is out there,
 Overly Happy Jesus May 29, 2008
Bender B. Rodriguez
Over all, I'd give it a 6 out of 10 rating.
The two major problems -- (1) the juxtaposition of a later-day "narrator" Matthew with the actual events in the Gospel (as opposed to the vastly superior Gospel of John, where the narrator was heard, but never seen); (2) the happy-clappy, perpetually smiling and backslapping portrayal of Jesus, even when the event at hand would indicate that he was unhappy or sad or angry or frustrated or concerned. After a while, all the laughing and smiling is off-putting and totally unrealistic to any real person, even the realest of persons, i.e. Jesus. Portraying him as if he were an insincere politician or tele-evangelist (sorry if some folks actually find tele-evangelists genuine and sincere - a few are, but a few also give off the appearence of snake oil salesmen) or hippie is not a way for folks to find him appealing. He was similar to the hippie Jesus in Godspell, but in a different way, of course.
Jesus obviously had (has) a great deal of personal dynamism and charisma, but the Gospels themselves show that he was not ALWAYS laughing and smiling. I would have to rank this Jesus below that of The Passion of the Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and Gospel of John (better than the 50s and 60s versions though).
 For people who like this kind of thing, this is the kind of thing you'll like. May 16, 2008
Jeffrey M. Eernisse (Houston, Texas; United States)
It takes a little while to get used to what you're watching here. It's not actually a movie so much as an enactment. The writers do some clever and welcome things with the material, and are pretty creative at overcoming or even making virtues out of the limitations of the text. But it is, still, very much the text. It also takes a while to get used to the relentlessly American accent of the lead actor, although in his favor, his portrayal of Jesus is the most joyous and exuberant I've ever seen.
The production is only occasionally hampered by what is obviously a lower budget. Most of the time it doesn't matter. Occasionally, though, it's a little "Ooooh, ouch."
Worthy of particular mention is the set-piece of the Sermon on the Mount. Finally, someone this side of Godspell gets that there was comedy involved in Jesus' preaching! Yay!
Overall, I'm extremely pleased with my purchase here. A few DVD extras would have been nice, but -- oh, well.
Excellent family devotional material in video format March 20, 2008
John Thornton (Midwest)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Visual Bible Gospel of Matthew is excellent. I love the acting and the way the Bible comes to life through the word for word script. I found it very inspiring and helpful. My four daughters and I have watched "Matthew" numerous times and it always is benefitial. I especially like the happiness that Jesus portrays. We know he drew people to him, and the actor in this video has appropriate expressions and whatnot which make him very appealing. Throughout the Gospel he is not always happy, of course, but is appropriate to the situations, happy, sad, angry, distressed, etc... Jesus was very human, and this is apparent in this Visual Bible Matthew. Jesus was also divine, and God's love shows through as well. I really highly recommend this Visual Bible, Gospel of Matthew.
Thanks!
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