Title: Barabbas - DVD
Reviewed By: Joe st J
Date: Monday, October 22, 2012
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]
(no written review given)

Title: Barabbas - DVD
Reviewed By: Daniel E
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]
(no written review given)

Title: Barabbas - DVD
Reviewed By: Mich B
Date: Sunday, April 4, 2010
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]
It is not a biblical story, but the message aligns with the biblical principles.

Through out the movie there’s an easy to notice theme, a surface theme, one which showed that Barabbas was miraculously kept alive despite all the hardships that he encountered; he could not be killed.
He was as stubborn as a mule and always chose not to believe, and the idea that he went thorough so much and always came out alive was there to show that God was merciful and kept giving him more and more time to mature spiritually until he finally became a Christian. He could have gotten killed so many times and he would have died an unsaved man. It is a powerful concept, and I believe God will do that for people because He can see our hearts transformed even before we’ve made the first step in the right direction. Like a farmer waiting on his crops, so does God know when every person’s time to blossom and give fruit is. Barabbas didn’t seem to give much fruit but at least he got saved in the end. I think Anthony Queen’s acting was so good in portraying a real man with all his imperfections, his mistrust and rough edges, the natural darkness of human heart combined with an endearing honesty about his character. He sees the world as evil chaotic, he reveals a good heart at times but can’t make up his mind if these Christians are fools or suckers or nuts, or is it truly possible that real good people exist and God is really working in His people? Still an important question and a mystery for many today, and one which so many of us Christians do not answer as well as we should! Barabbas is at the same time torn between having a desire to defend righteous, innocent people and having the desire to take revenge and make justice the human way. I think most people struggle with that.
Over all I think this is a very well made movie, well acted and directed. I give it a 5 star with conviction!
There are some powerful statements in this movie, some of which tackle hypocrisy and nudge the viewer to consider the idea of what it could mean to really put your life where your mouth is! I especially liked the one scene where Barabbas was asked by a roman consul if he believe in Christ and he timidly shook his head in denial. When asked why was he then wearing the sign of Christians on the back of his prisoner medallion he answered reluctantly: “because, I… tried to believe”. Next thing, the roman consul takes a knife and scratches out the cross on his medallion so that it doesn’t look like a cross anymore, then he says: “It is unwise to carry around what you don’t believe in!” and then lets him live.
Just think of how many people wear a Christian sign around their neck, stick something on their car or even state they are believers, but when push come to shove, they don’t show to have much of a Christian heart.
Deep phrase - once again: “It is not wise to wear about what you really don’t believe in.” The movie would be worth seeing just for that scene alone. Excellent!