The Last Supper Movie Review

A powerful cinematic Biblical journey that brings to life the ultimate act of love and sacrifice as seen through the eyes of those who walked alongside Jesus.

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Disclosure: Many thanks to Pinnacle Peak Pictures for providing a sample of the product for this review. Opinions are 100% my own.

It's full-on Lent around here, so that meant the timing was about perfect for my review of this:

The Last Supper

I'd planned for the three of us to watch it as a family, but G's response was, "do people really need to see another movie about this?" and so I watched it on my own a few days later.

I didn't have a problem with watching another version of this story, but I was curious to see what "new spin" the creators would put on it to make it fresh for audiences.

I feel like this movie took a bit more creative license than most with the story, which was a bit surprising after the promotional materials spoke so much about how theologically sound it was.

I feel these choices definitely made the movie more dramatic and moving, but there were a couple of parts that I felt deviated from what I've read in the Bible a bit too much.

It's one thing to imagine what some of the day-to-day conversations were like between Jesus and the disciples, but another to see Peter contemplating dark, damaging deeds with a rope in his hands while hearing a demonic voice egging him on.

Again, this scene was effective and definitely intensified the mood, but I just felt it was a bit too much added content for a story that has withstood the test of time for a couple of millennia.

I also felt this film was very dark. As in, physically dark and difficult to see what was going on. Perhaps this wouldn't have been such an issue for me if I'd watched it at night or in a darkened movie theater, but I found myself straining to see what was going on at several points in the film.

I was quite pleased at the end, when several scenes occurred in full daylight.

Despite these drawbacks (for me), I felt this was a high-quality film, and I'm happy to see such an improvement in Christian media, so I'm hoping the film does well.

Perhaps seeing it in the theater will make all the difference. This is certainly a wonderful choice for the approaching Easter season! You can buy tickets today to see The Last Supper in theaters starting March 14!

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