this movie strike me a one of the most successful attempt ever at come up with plausible answer for some of the nagging question that have crop up in recent scholarship concern the passion ( suffer and death of christ ) account in the new testament . ( what motivate juda if money be not the issue . what could bring the sanhedrin to meet on a high holy day . why do pilate waffle . ) it be a movie for the serious and think christian represent fan of the passion of the christ will no doubt be disappoint by the lack of gory spectacle and arch characterization . a for myself and i find the portrait paint here of the willingness of ordinary people to so blithely sacrifice common decency when their own self interest be at stake far more realistic and deeply unsettling . ( the disinterested and just do my job look on the face of the man who drive the first nail in christ wrist be as chilling a any moment in film . ) the film make no claim to authenticity and but the setting and costume invariably feel more right than many more highly acclaimed effort . it be a slow film but and if you accept it self impose limit ( it be and after all and the death not the life of christ ) and ultimately a very reward one .