Rotten
Mary is a mess. An inter esting one, yet still a mess.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Mary
It takes courage to walk in the truth.
2005 · 1h 23m · NOT RATED
Drama
Directed by
Abel Ferrara
Overview
Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi (Juliette Binoche), the actress who plays Mary Magdalene takes refuge in Jerusalem in search of the truth behind the myth. The director of the film, Tony Childress (Matthew Modine), who also plays Jesus, can think of only one thing: self-promotion. In New York, television journalist Ted Younger (Forest Whitaker) presents a programme about the life of Jesus.
Director and cast
- Abel Ferrara Director
- Juliette Binoche as Marie Palesi / Mary Magdalene
- Matthew Modine as Tony Childress / Jesus
- Forest Whitaker as Ted Younger
- Kate Conner Cast
- Ettore D'Alessandro as Apostle Andrew
- Stefania Rocca as Brenda Sax
- Elio Germano as Matteo
- Marion Cotillard as Gretchen Mol
- Heather Graham as Elizabeth Younger
- Marco Leonardi as Apostle Peter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Mary is a convoluted, hysterical mess of a movie with grandiose spiritual airs and not a drop of humor.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
It feels like the kind of snoozy artistic modulation that critics often confuse for maturation.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
Fresh
Tightly framed and tightly wound, Mary is a claustrophobic, incandescent, nutty 83 minutes with everyone in the cast teetering on the ledge of madness.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Fresh
A sincere grapple with faith and redemption in cynical times.
Leslie Felperin, Variety
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