Jesus liebt mich

Why would Jesus love one person? There is a satisfying answer to that in the movie (if it isn't already answered in the plot description). The guy playing Jesus (literally) has his feet firmly placed into the romantic genre in Germany. A known actor, but he still can pull it off, thanks to a very decent script.

The jokes sometimes work (Devil is smelling bad, though that joke only works once not as often as it is played out in the movie or the one about the appearance of God), but some are complete miss. There is cursing (which some might find offensive in a movie like this), but everything is kept as light as possible. Whatever your beliefs are, you might be able to enjoy this as a comedy. Not great, but OK

First of all: I am a huge fan of most of the actors. They did a great job and Florian David Fitz ahead as a spookily convincing Jeshua. He's just a good actor and apparently a good writer too. The movie lacks a bit consistency compared to the wonderful book but it's a well rounded approach to the story anyway. Love to see so much "Doctor's Diary" cast members again. I totally understand Florian to pick them, successful team: stick to your guns :) Oh and by the way, I cried. A LOT. Damn.

Florian David Fitz is capable of expressing heavy feelings so I was curious about how he would play Jesus. Well, he played him realistically! Good willed, having deep thoughts, suffering, plus he looked amazing. An actor should have emotional depth to pull off Jesus and Fitz has it.

The script, on the other hand, was a roller-coaster for me. There were scenes that made me seriously think and feel but they were scattered around the movie. I could have been wowed by a story like this if Fitz handled the script more intensely, putting more emphasis on the philosophical side and on the main characters (He's the screenwriter/director himself). He shined as Jesus but we could only see bits of it.

I laughed a couple of times, like at the disappearance of Satan, which is a good sign because it's hard to make me laugh...Overall, it's a good-enough directing debut for the main actor and worth giving a chance.

I don't know why this film got quite low ratings here. It's not a masterpiece, but can you really escape its quirky, likeable nature? Or does the humour only work in the original language and not go down so well with an audience that doesn't understand it? In any case, I enjoyed the story of this irresistibly handsome Jesus, and the rather irreverent treatment of the other biblical characters was also quite to my taste. Of course, some of the plot fell by the wayside and not every minor character really made sense. But I was completely satisfied and perhaps even a little in love with Jesus :-)

Jesus liebt mich (Jesus loves me) is a movie about Jesus (Jeshua) returning to earth in order to prepare apocalypse. Hey meets Marie who reminds him of mother Mary. She introduces him into "her" world which is totally chaotic. She just dumped her fiancé during wedding ceremony, her mother starts a new relationship (with archangel Gabriel) and as she finds out what Jeshua is really up to, she's the only one who can actually stop him from ending humanity. Marie has to convince him humans aren't as bad as it seems as the ending is about to begin....

I found the movie quite refreshing and entertaining and I also had to laugh out loud a lot. There are lots of comic aspects and the actors play well. For a German movie I was also quite surprised about the special effects. The story itself is also very critical and should not be taken too seriously.