The Young Messiah

In the Young Messiah movie, some of the star actors are Sean Bean, David Bradley and Sara Lazzaro. The Young Messiah is a drama and takes place in Egypt. This film is also featured on Netflix, Youtube, Amazon Prime and many others as well. Considering that the film took place in egypt, everything looked realistic and was captivating to the eye. During the movie, all the actors performed very well and it was clear that they understood their role.

Overall, the Young Messiah is about Jesus' childhood, starting at 7 years old, and he's exploring the different curiosities he has about himself. However, many people in the city know about the young the messiah and the miracles he can perform. But still have yet to know who he is. He's valued and also wanted by people for the gifts he has, yet as a young boy. He's still unsure on why his parents are so protective of him. There's also a pharaoh that sends his men to look for Jesus.

During the film Satan is present but no one else can see him, other than Jesus. He also appears as a human. In the bible it does not mention that Jesus sees a demon in human form. In Matthew 2:13, it states that joseph was told to flee with Mary and jesus to egypt. This is because pharaoh herod wil search and destroy him. This is very accurate to the Young Messiah. Jesus proclaimed Satan not to touch him, and Satan was astonished by the authority that Jesus had. Matthew 4:6 also plays a factor in the temptations that Satan was trying to give to Jesus. As a result in the book of Luke, the film does not relate to each other. Overall, the film does provide a good perspective for the way Jesus was as a child. Yet there are still a lot of details that are missing within the movie.

Despite some literary license taken with the Bible, the movie still offers great food for thought for considering what Jesus's developmental days might have been like...for Jesus and for all concerned in his presence.

The acting is superb (far better than "Risen") with a beautiful Biblical backdrop. The director focuses often on facial close-ups and the actors respond with looks that offer more than words might describe.

Sara Lazaro is perfect as Mary. Sean Bean outstanding as Severus. Adam Greaves-Neal carefully crafts a compelling young Jesus.

Bible readers know Jesus' first recorded miracle didn't happen till much later and the Wise Men didn't appear right at Jesus' birth, but putting that aside (and the slip-on sandals...I don't think those were that popular then) the movie explores some complexities that might not always be considered when thinking of a young Jesus and overall succeeds in doing it in an uplifting, yet not hokey manner.

first - a bizarre film. for the not inspired cast, for the large isles of non sense, for the absence of precise purpose. it is not a Christian film and not a religious one. only a strange embroidery of fragments from the Gnostic Gospels, few good actors in uncomfortable roles and a chaotic story. the dialogues, the acting, the generous message - all is fake or wrong or almost blasphemy. result - a kind of surrogate. the young Adam Greaves - Neal is far to be the perfect choice for a role who represents only source of confusion. Sara Lazzaro must be a second Olivia Hussley from the Jesus of Zeffireli. but her role remains a sketch. Jonathan Bailey gives a barefooted Herod without any precise purpose because his status is only as decoration. Sean Bean, the poor Sean Bean... Jane Lapotaire does her the best try but the old Sarah is impossible to be credible as result of confuse script. the Bible is ignored and the Gnostic texts as used only as pretext. the result - a film with interesting idea about nothing. or only an exercise of blasphemy.

A lot of people are rating this low because it's not biblically accurate. I am a Christian, but I usually HATE Christian movies; they are usually so cheesy and poorly made. But this movie pleasantly surprised me. Here's the thing: In the bible, we are given VERY little detail about Jesus' childhood. This movie is an exploration on a short time in Jesus' childhood and what it might have looked like. It's an interesting take on what it MIGHT have been like, but probably wasn't and that's fine. Just go into this movie knowing that the creators took a lot of artistic liberties. And I think those artistic liberties worked very well. It was moving and exciting and at times, very funny. The acting was great and the script was better than any Christian movie I've ever seen. It's an impactful movie that is loosely based on historical figures, but mostly an imagined tale rooted in the Savior of the World's innocent youth.

The Young Messiah is about Jesus' young life and the New Testament, it mainly talks about how Jesus was able to outrun Herod's soldiers and perform miracles while doing it. The setting in Young Messiah is based around outer Egypt but they never stay in one place and constantly travel. Adam Greaves Neal plays Jesus, Sara Lazzaro plays Mary, Jonathan Bailey plays Herod,Sean Bean plays Severus, and Vincent Walsh plays Joseph. I feel like they did a pretty good job at the casting because it felt like those were the actual people and the acting was amazing too.

In the Beginning of the Movie we are introduced to Jesus, as Jesus was minding his business he was getting pushed around by another boy. While this was happening a demon appeared killing the boy and blaming it on Jesus. Due to this lie Jesus was escorted to his house thinking what happened to the boy and how he died, so he went to the boy's house and used his remarkable powers to raise the boy from the dead. So Mary, Joseph, and his brother embarked on a journey from Egypt to Nazareth. Word begins to spread about Jesus and his powers, The King Herod hears about this and orders the death of Jesus. Severus takes Herod's orders and pursues jesus. Mary and Joseph start to worry about Jesus' safety since he's becoming more curious about who he really is and what he can do.

I honestly Love the acting in this movie because these actors really sell their role, it feels like they are actually the characters in the movie. Like for example how Severus had the flashbacks the night where Herod ordered the soldiers to murder infants, you could see the regret and guilt in his eyes. By seeing that you know he didnt want to do it, he obviously knew that what he was doing was completely unethical. Another thing I like to discuss is cosmetics and costumes. The costumes were made really well it really felt like the movie was made back in their era, same with the cosmetics. One example I would like to bring up was the people that were being crucified, seeing how much detail they put into those crosses were spine chilling. It looked like they actually crucified people up there.

Overall this movie was a solid 8/10, I really enjoyed how detailed the story was. I don't really know if this was historically accurate but it felt like I learned a lot of things about Jesus' early life. I also love how almost every characters had a big role in the movie and how certain outcomes lead to different events.