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| | The Passion of the Christ |
 | | Cast: Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci, Hristo Naumov Shopov, Claudia Gerini, Luca Lionello, Jarreth Merz, Fabio Sartor, Francesco De Vito, Hristo Jivkov, Mattia Sbragia, Rosalinda Celentano. |
 | | Many critics have implied that this shift in the film's texture, affording Hristo Naumov Shopov the film's one opportunity for an actual performance (it's fine, but no great shakes), creates an empathetic connection to Pilate that is missing from the other characterizations, particularly those of the Pharisees. |
 | | I could probably be swayed further in the direction of praise or distrust, but before that happens, I'll have to hear more targeted and convincing responses to the movie it is, rather than the movie it could have been, or was rumored to have been, or is imagined by its director to be. |
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