Color of the Cross

It's been a while since I've watched a movie about Jesus -I have a list here- so I thought I would watch one I hadn't seen in preparation for Easter.

Color of the Cross is a 2006 French film covering the last 2 days of the life of Christ, who is played by a black man. Except for that conceit, there's not much here. It is slow and labored, a tedious slog. Get your Jesus movie fix anywhere else, I beg you. Maybe start with Jesus of Nazareth.

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DVD Talk calls it a "plodding waste of time" and a "maudlin bit of cinema". It has a score of 33% at Rotten Tomatoes.