ROGER EBERT ON "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST"

I've never read an Ebert review before and I don't watch him, but this gives me new respect for his opinion.

It is a film about an idea. An idea that it is necessary to fully comprehend the Passion if Christianity is to make any sense. Gibson has communicated his idea with a singleminded urgency. Many will disagree. Some will agree, but be horrified by the graphic treatment. I myself am no longer religious in the sense that a long-ago altar boy thought he should be, but I can respond to the power of belief whether I agree or not, and when I find it in a film, I must respect it.

Read the entire review here.