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- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 77% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 70 reviews, with an average rating of 6.69/10. The site's critics consensus reads, " Last Days in the Desert offers enough stately grandeur and spiritual exploration to offset an occasionally ambiguous narrative."
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May 12, 2016 · “Last Days in the Desert” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned) for disturbing images and brief partial nudity. Running time: 1 hour 38 minutes.
- Stephen Holden
- Rodrigo García
May 13, 2016 · Is it wrong to perhaps prefer the very good McGregor as the rascally devil (who is reminiscent of his “Trainspotting” hell-raiser) than his good-natured human guise? After all, he gets the best line: “I’m a liar … and that’s the truth!”
A variation on the biblical story of the Temptation of Christ, the film stars Ewan McGregor in a dual role of Jesus - referred to in the film as "Yeshua" - and a demon who may or may not be Satan, while Tye Sheridan, Ciarán Hinds and Ayelet Zurer play a family they meet while in the desert.
Jun 23, 2016 · Last Days in the Desert: Directed by Rodrigo García. With Ewan McGregor, Susan Gray, Tye Sheridan, Ciarán Hinds. An imagined chapter from Jesus' forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis.
- (4.5K)
- Drama, Fantasy, History
- Rodrigo García
- 2016-06-23
76% Tomatometer 71 Reviews 46% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings As he wanders in the desert, Jesus Christ (Ewan McGregor) tangles with Satan (also McGregor) for the souls of a nomad (Ciarán...
- (71)
- Rodrigo Garcia
- PG-13
- Ewan Mcgregor
Sundance Film Review: ‘Last Days in the Desert’. Ewan McGregor plays Jesus and Satan in this hushed, austere and stirringly beautiful drama from writer-director Rodrigo Garcia. By Justin...
May 10, 2016 · García’s film, shot by the legendary Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki, winner of the last three Oscars for Best Cinematography, imagines the 40 days of praying and fasting that Jesus underwent in the desert before the Crucifixion.
