Abraham

This is an engaging movie, however, it is not among the best Biblical adaptations. It does well in holding true to scripture with some'creative license' for areas that are vague.

The film really brings us to a greater place of understanding the reality of what took place back then. As I stated in another review of a Biblical film - One of the mysteries of the Bible is in the manner which people spoke and communicated in various scenarios. Did the person express agitation or anger when he/she said this/that? Or were they always full of patience and grace? Were they serious in appearance, or did they smile often? Each movie and play we view that is an adaptation is a creation of another persons thought of how things were possibly said and done. The creator of this film made most things believable.

I really appreciated how this film made Hagar's story prominent. Rather than thinking of her as merely a disobedient servant, or a jealous, conniving woman, we come to understand the depths of the role and status that she had to endure in this life. Slaves at that time were rarely allowed to marry or have children at all. Their owners were their lives. She got just a taste of what it would be like to have a husband and a family - a life. A film that can bring the life out of an ancient book is worth paying attention to. I would recommend this.

Acting was superb and the accuracy of the story went along well with the Bible. Best of all the story was quite interesting even the filler that the director used with artistic license. Special effects could have been better but the story made up for it. It's 3.5 hours but well worth the time to watch it. Has the true spirit of Jehovah in the movie. A very inspirational movie. Acting was superb and the accuracy of the story went along well with the Bible. Best of all the story was quite interesting even the filler that the director used with artistic license. Special effects could have been better but the story made up for it. It's 3.5 hours but well worth the time to watch it. Has the true spirit of Jehovah in the movie. A very inspirational movie.

Agree with everyone that we need more faith-based content in America and the world.

The world is starving for positive messages to give people hope of eternal life. Abraham was the way to the Lord. His faith was unparalleled and miraculous from sacrificing his son to obeying the Lord.

I love how he tried to talk to God before Sodom's destruction.

Richard Harris does a fine job of portraying the old testament prophet, Abraham, a man who hears God tell him to take his people and leave the unholy land of Ur of the Chaldees. This takes the group on a journey of many hardships before finally coming to the place God had in mind. The film did not follow the words of the Holy Bible right down the line, but the production was well done just the same; and the locales filmed, if not in the mid-east, certainly looked authentic.

Back in the 1990s, TNT did a series of adaptations of Old Testament stories. This was the first one, and despite some slight flaws, it was a decent start.

Abraham adapts the Genesis story of an elderly man who is promised at the age of 75 that he will one day have a son. We further see the faithfulness that he endures for over 25 years, in which he waits for that child, even though he also gains a child from one of his servants.

Abraham is played by Richard Harris, who was Dumbledore in the first Harry Potter movie. He displays great talent as the Father of Many Nations. (This isn't his first Genesis film either, he played Cain in The Bible: In The Beginning- one of my Top 10 favoerite Biblical movies.)

His co-star, Barbara Hershey, does a great job as Sarah- 5 years after playing Mary Magdelene in the controversial Scorsese movie, The Last Temptation of Christ.

The other actors aren't as famous as them, but did fine in their roles too. The cinematography is also well done for a TV movie.

My biggest concern with Biblical films is if they are accurate to the story. With the exception of Last Temptation, I don't really care for Biblical films that change the story- as it is a sin to add or take away from the text. (Deuteronomy 4:2.)

Abraham takes many events from Genesis and follows them well, and many scenes were done accurately- such as the near sacrifice of Issac and Abraham pleading to spare Sodom and Gommarah should any righteous people be in the cities.

This applies to most of the movie. However, some scenes were added and expanded on for context and runtime. Some of it made sense- in one scene, Abraham fears that a king will kill him to take Sarah as his own wife, so he lies and says that she is his sister.

The movie expands on Sarah living in the king's palace for a while, and I understand that for a movie, but it went on a little longer than it really needed to.

The movie also opens with some hardship that Abraham went through with a ruler, and that's not very Biblical, or at least not enough to spend 10 or so minutes on.

These additions are also a little annoying because the movie goes on for a few minutes past 3 hours, and without them the movie could have been closer to 2 hours. Still, for what is accurate, it's worth sitting through to get to the actual Scriptural parts.

If you enjoy Biblical movies like I do, I would suggest seeing this one. Its screenplay is not perfect, but it has enough accuracy for me to recommend it. On the whole, Abraham is a faithful adaptation of a man who was faithful to God.