Gibson�s suffering Christ, straight from the Gr�newald altarpiece, burns itself into the imagination, convincing you, with or without faith, that something extraordinary happened that evening on Golgotha. The Passion is a great work of art.

The Spectator.co.uk: "One of the two glimpses of Gibson in the movie is when you see his hand placing the stake on Christ�s palm � thus underlining Gibson�s own guilt, which in Christian theology he shares with all mankind, for the death of Christ. "