Shout by whitsbrain

The Man from Earth 2007

Honestly. Am I supposed to be shocked or jarred into introspection every time an author questions the existence of God, the marital status of Jesus, or the validity of the Christian faith in one of his stories!?!

This movie actually starts out promisingly enough. A professor makes a claim to a group of friends (who happen to be professors themselves) that he is a 14,000 year old caveman. The intimacy of the cabin where they meet and the conversation in such close quarters made for some nice dialogue. But the actors were stiff and the characters that they portrayed were insufferably brilliant educators.

As the main character makes his case about being alive for centuries, he also states that he is actually Jesus. This is presumably because revealing himself as any other biblical or historical figure doesn't carry quite as much pizzazz. Why the story takes this turn is beyond me.

The ending is interesting but doesn't require the main character to be the Son of God, other than to suggest that Jesus was just a regular guy that's really really old.

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