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Article: Amazing Grace; The Familiar Gospel Story Carries the Power Of Hope in 'Jesus,' CBS's Miraculous Retelling
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- The Washington Post
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- May 13, 2000
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"Jesus" rules. Or, to invoke the title of a Doobie Brothers song,
" 'Jesus' Is Just All Right With Me." More than just all right,
actually. Quite wonderful.
The two-part CBS movie--truly a "Jesus" for the new millennium--
is in fact the single most moving film I have ever seen on the life
of Christ, a golden, glowing work of tremendous power and beauty.
Really. A story 2,000 years old, one that has been told too many
times in too many ways to count, gets a worthy retelling here.
It's doubtful there's a better movie than "Jesus" playing on any
screen of any kind this weekend in America.
The movie airs in two parts tomorrow and Wednesday nights at 9 on
Channel 9. Unquestionably it is the high ...