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| | deseretnews.com | 'Gospel of John' is lifeless and flat and long |
 | | THE GOSPEL OF JOHN ** ; Henry Ian Cusick, Daniel Kash, Stuart Bunce, Lynsey Baxter, Steven Russell, Alan Van Sprang, Scott Handy, Richard Lintern; narrated by Christopher Plummer; rated PG-13 (violence, gore, brief torture). |
 | | In particular, Jesus (Henry Ian Cusick) is shown meeting his disciples and as he begins to perform miracles turning water into wine, feeding thousands with four loaves of bread and two fish, raising Lazarus from the dead, etc. |
 | | The performances are flat and lifeless (Cusick may look the part, but he has no real charisma), and even Christopher Plummer, as narrator, is less than lively, reading in an all too reverent monotone, suggesting even he's having a hard time staying awake. |
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