Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

stamdedo This is an excellent movie, it deals with the fact that Jesus could not have been resurrected. The Christian theology is just a fable. It is always Christians claiming that Jesus died for their sin, that he was crucified tortured and died. But any examination of scriptures will show that Jesus cried to god to be saved. This movie deals with this fact. Excellent acting especially Antonio Banderas. One thing I did not like is the cinematography, it is a bit dark and vistas taken during the shoot were limited. There is also the problem of movie shot mostly in studios and indoor. It would have been better is more open spaces were included in the shoot. Over all it is still a great movie to watch and ponder about.

paladin0110 The Body is based on a book. Like all screenplays it will have much in common & differences. Father Matt is a Jesuit, & experienced the horrors of war. He has faith, a Doctorate in Roman History, & is an experienced investigator. Sent on a mission by the Vatican, assured its just a body. The archaeologist, a Jewish woman, Sharon, is more like your typical liberal, religious only on a holiday. She can't believe anyone would complain about her publishing papers on the find. She even feels she a Dominican Scholar like herself would approve, only that Scholar can't cope & jumps to his death in a state of despair. Much happens, & faith is all remains, either the body is Christ, or a man whose mother prayed her son would have a home with God. Just as your mother probably prays for you. Either way, Father Matt knows it is not Christ, however he does leave Rome, maybe no longer a priest, but still a Man of God. The music is beautiful & it is shot in the Holy Lands, that in itself deserves to be watched. Lastly Banderas is mildly understated, as a Priest who has seen war would be.

MrCallanan This movie has a mix of romance, religion and action and is quite interesting as it creates the suspense throughout the whole movie and asks the question of "Is religion real?" or if Jesus really existed. It involves the development of friendships, political tension, science and religion, all conflicting with each other. Antonio Banderas playing the main actor probably contributed the extremely well presented part, as well as the characters Sharon Golban and the typical bad guy Abu Josef. This movie contains a balance of action, talking and also theory so thinking about thinsg would probably be a good skill to have when watchnig this movie. Also, there are a lot of twists and turns, especially the ending! To conclude, the movie is good and I would recommend it to anyone who would be willing to watch a movie abuot religion and what happens when things conflict with it. by CLSJC

jcanettis What I liked most in "The Body" was not what THE PLOT was about, but WHAT ISSUES it dealt with: It brings up a hot question of what would happen if somehow proof came up that Jesus was a mere mortal after all, thus shaking Christianity's foundations.The story in the "Body" goes as follows: Dr. Sharon (Williams), a determined and skilled archaeologist, discovers a body which qualifies to be the one of Christ. Her amazing discovery naturally attracts great attention from several sides, despite the fact that it is suppressed from the general public: First of all there is the Vatican, who fears that this discovery will undermine the Christian faith, and thus sends Father Gutierrez "to investigate", i.e. "to bury", the case; then there is the Israeli government, which finds the whole issue as a great tool to further its political aims; and finally, we have the Palestinians who also find the discovery as a great opportunity to pursue their own agenda. As Fr. Gutierrez and Dr. Sharon try to work together and find the truth, their efforts are continuously stymied by the above three competing parties which conspire and collide endlessly.The above plot makes for an interesting thriller, that's for sure. But as I said, what I liked more in this film are the philosophical issues it deals with: What if proof came up that Christ didn't resurrect, after all? Would this destroy Christianity, or as an Israeli spy master says in the film, some faithfuls may abandon ship but the religion is big enough to prevail? And how would the Vatican (and the Protestant and Orthodox churches for that matter) react to such news? Difficult questions, which the film handles rather skillfully, although still a bit superficially.The direction is good, albeit sometimes things could be a bit less slow. Still, McCord produces wonderfully the atmosphere of a city as contradictory as Jerusalem.As far as the acting is concerned, Banderas was good but not perfect. Williams was much better in her role, but sometimes her Israeli accent disappeared revealing her UK roots. I liked Jacobi in his small role as a priest who finds this shocking discovery too big for him to handle.Verdict: 7/10.