Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Konterr Brilliant and touching

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

drystyx The best way to accurately give a review of this look at Genesis and the Bible, is to call it a film based on "literary license" or "poetic license" for the motivation of characters involved.For example, when one reads Genesis, one can't find a reason to legitimize the deceit Jacob shows in stealing from his brother.This also lead to the quandary of how it was recorded in the first place. If Jacob was just a selfish thief, why would the first people who recorded the story even say he was justified? This film sets out to give plausible explanations for such questions.Are they the correct interpretations? Who knows? They certainly fit the criteria of "credibility" for the way in which the stories are recorded.That's because we not only deal with the stories, but with the people who record them, and who listen to them.The men make mistakes, but learn from them.I was most impressed with the saga of Jacob.The most disappointing to me, was the story of the twelve sons of Jacob. I understand why, though. Very few films have the time to delve into twelve characters. It's natural to show Reuben's first born mistakes, and the cruelty of Simeon. Here, the cruelty of Levi is left out, probably because there is a need to go to the important fourth brother of Judah.All in all, it's a credible rendition that is worth watching, if only to agree or disagree with.

mikedavis914 I was born in the era that you feared God and when it comes to the bible, "let it be written, let it be so".I am 50 years old and a believer. This movie helped me understand all the events that happened in early history. I believe in every word that is in the bible and so should you.This movie will explain (no matter how corny the costumes are, the actors are etc) the events from Abraham to Isaac and Jacob forward. I find it fascinating how the movie is so correct to what the bible teaches.Some may criticize the directing and acting but the story is real and should be taken to heart. If you are a true believer, you will see this movie many times in your life as well as the 10 Commandments movie.

JLRMovieReviews This is a very moving telling of the "beginning" of the Bible. If you know practically nothing about the bible, like me, except for some basic fundamentals, you will rewarded in learning some of the stories and will be entertained by the way they are brought to life in this television movie. It does have a foreword to it, saying they took some dramatic license, but you get the feeling they are very true to the heart and depth to the Bible and are very reverent of its subject. Its main emphasis is on Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors, but it does make reference to Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel; Abraham and his wife, Sarah; Jacob; Esau; and Moses. The role of Joseph was cast well with Eddie Cibrian, and Martin Landau gives his usual best and sincerity as Abraham. At first, I was wary of Billy Campbell as Moses, but as he aged I liked him more and more. I particularly liked the part where the sea parted and Moses didn't make any dramatic speech. He stands high on the rock, in silence and felt God's presence and power, and the sea parted. "In the Beginning" is a very powerful and faithful movie that knows that less is more and tells the story without the DeMille flashy touches of "The Ten Commandments." I wish they could have acted out the whole Bible. But it does make me want to read my Bible. So, it is very successful in making the viewer want to learn more about our beginnings.

bousozoku This played just last night on PAX TV, a small network that often runs religious-themed programming. I had seen it partly when it was new.I was surprised to find that Abraham, who is revered in the big 3 western religions, to be an adulterer with a slave girl mistress and seemingly a liar, manipulating the words of god to fit his emotional weakness and his manipulative wife.Joseph seemed to be there, not so much as glue to tie the Egyptians with the Jews, but as eye candy. I'm sure the producers and screenwriters were trying to avoid tripping over all those other stories but was the bathing scene so necessary? The whole thing seems more as a weapon to show how ignorant, selfish, and manipulative these people were. Perhaps, the faithful should avoid it.