And there's a lot of blood in "Son of God," as well as swordplay, especially at the hands of sadistic Roman soldiers. There's a lot of crying too, especially from Downey herself, who plays Jesus's ...

Major critics take a dim view of the film expanding on the History Channel miniseries, noting that its "melodramatic emotionalism" is stiffling and "PG-13 rating is indefensible.

But to its credit, “Son of God” proves more than a mere watered-down “The Passion of the Christ.” The epic proportions of the miniseries hold up well on the big screen, save for the ...

Son of God: Film Review. The Christian film, based on Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's 10-hour miniseries, is directed by Christopher Spencer and zooms in on "The Bible" lead, Diogo Morgado.

Son of God opened in cinemas across America this weekend, but minus the Bible’s most cunning, controversial and diabolical character. No, Judas Iscariot is in the movie. It’s the evil one ...

Biblical drama. Starring Diogo Morgado, Amber Rose Rovah, Roma Downey and Greg Hicks. Directed by Christopher Spencer. (PG-13. 138 minutes.) Let he who is free of snark cast the first stone on ...

Around 2 in 5 (41%) say God’s son existed before Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Close to 1 in 3 Americans (32%) disagree, and 28 percent say they’re not sure.