Mary Magdalene

For centuries, the Greatest Story Ever Told had it wrong. Mary Magdalene, one of the most recognizable women in the Gospels, was not a prostitute, but an Apostle just like Peter...

Rooney Mara gives the gospels a feminist spin in Mary Magdalene

Rooney Mara is Mary Magdalene and Joaquin Phoenix is Christ in a holy bore of a biblical drama

The film itself is not a success, but the performance by Mara is complex and profound. If for no other reason, see it for her.

The Bible's fallen woman takes the lead in a chic, thought-provoking retelling

After a miracle-performing Rabbi named Jesus (Joaquin Phoenix) visits her village on the coast of Galilee, Mary of Magdala (Rooney Mara) leaves her home and family to join him a...

‘Mary Magdalene’: Not Even Jesus Can Save This Miserable Biblical Drama

Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix co-star in this revisionist Biblical drama from 'Lion' director Garth Davis.

Garth Davis attempts a fresh, feminist portrait of the Apostle to the Apostles, but there's not much passion in this play.

Rooney Mara brings her customary intensity to the title role as Jesus’ ‘favourite pupil’, but the result is a bit too solemn to be a convincing reinvention

There’s no passion for the Passion, nor any drama or chemistry between Mara and Joaquin Phoenix as her personal Jesus

Unfortunately, it’s a confused and frequently enervating effort.

As it moves through Jesus’s greatest hits, the narrative focuses less and less on Mary Magdalene until her life is beside the point.