Customer Reviews
The best Jesus film I know - By: B. W. Jenner, 23 Mar 2008 
Five years ago, I gave up going to church, but every Easter Sunday I like to watch The Miracle Maker. Every time I find it very moving.
They may be puppets but there's loads going on in their expressions & gestures. Doing a voiceover, could be just doing an voiceover, but these characters are given tremendous life & subtlety by the brilliant cast of actors. I loved Ralph Fiennes & Miranda Richardson's contributions.
The script provides an unusual perspective, & the story only covers aspects of Jesus's life, but there is much humour, warmth & insight. You get the idea of three-dimensional human beings struggling with their lives. The combination of animation & cartoon drawing adds more texture to the story, & the use of flashback is clever.
Watching Lazarus come out of his tomb in his bandages gave me new insight into the story, as did Pilate's worldly cynicism.
I reallly admire their ability to put genuine comedy into the story & they work towards a powerful statement of Christianity at the end, played out with Anne Dudley's Pie Jesu, which is worth watching the DVD for on its own.
I send a copy of it to alll my godchildren.
