The Lion of Judah

Characters are fun, friendly, and brave. This is a solid family film that helps kids to understand in simple ways that sin is a cage that leads to death, and only the King can set us free. It's deep without being preachy and has humor to lighten hard places. A good choice leading up to Easter.

This film is geared mainly toward a Christian audience or anyone who's genuinely open to learning the "why" of Jesus and the crucifixion. It looks at Jesus through the eyes of a bold lamb named Judah and his friends, Jesus' effect on those he touched, and why his death and resurrection were necessary. It tells even the hard parts of the story without being graphic.

This film gave me nightmares and I couldn't stop thinking about it afterwards for all the wrong reasons. The donkey voiced by Scott Eastwood was so full of edge that I could have cut myself on it. All of the other animals were very scary and kept making weird noises. Judah was very annoying and I didn't like his creepy human face. It made my little brother cry. Overall, I really enjoyed the film, mostly because I fear for my life that Drake will come in the night and take me out. Not disrespect to Jesus though, very appreciative of what he did for us all. This just wasn't the one chief.

Our Savior Jesus Christ is the King of Kings, the Lion of Judah and I cried and laughed and loved this movie very much!!

I went to see The Lion of Judah recently. My girlfriend and I were the only two people in the theater! It's a well intended movie but I have to agree with the critics - the storyline was disjointed, animation lacking refinement with unnatural movement on flat, glitchy backgrounds (it was obvious they were on a budget), the dialogue was uneven and most of the jokes were weak. You could feel that the movie was trying too hard to be "cool" for the younger set.It's also odd that they are now going to release a 3D version of the film. It sounds like they are hoping that the gimmick will pull in additional viewers. This movie will have to rely on field trips by vacation bible schools and Sunday-school teachers to regain their investment. The movie was pulled from the local movie theater after only one week! Once again, good message...mediocre execution.

For a lower budget animation this film really hits the mark. This is a great family picture. The characters are well thought out and the animation is pretty good. Now that it is in 3D its even better. I liked how they used the bible as a back drop and didn't make it preachy. The music was amazing. A lot of original tracks, well composed and written. I liked how they used humor to tie together several touchy subjects.

The story really takes off as the crew heads out after their new friend. They meet all kinds of new and interesting characters along the way. The horse was my favorite character. He reminds me of the giraffe from Madagascar.