I found it fascinating that the filmmakers chose to use the same actor for both Jesus and the Devil.

| Aug 27, 2021

Last Days in the Desert is surely one of the most visually astounding yet unremarkable portraits of the historical personality.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 30, 2020

The Christian evangelical subculture will likely find the film too esoteric, too extra-biblical, and too challenging ... The indie art-house audience will likely find the film too spiritual, too biblical, too Christian. As such, I loved it.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 30, 2018

The desert setting is stunning throughout, and though there is a fair bit of trudging through the sand and gazing towards the horizon to endure at the start, Garcia's haunting, contemplative picture eventually draws one in and does not let go.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2018

The film does not feel like it gives sufficient exploration of the temptation of Christ, but there is no denying the deep spirituality and thought-provoking nature of it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 19, 2017

A visually powerful film that seeks to be a deeply human reading of man. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 3, 2017

A film that shows simplicity when its background is very complex. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 17, 2017

The movie advances towards a synthetic, resonant, terrestrial and enigmatic epilogue that raises the scope of this paradoxical secular film about faith. [Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 5, 2017

A symbolic and almost parabolic story that walks through the most intimate of the Gospels supported by Lubezki's photography. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 3, 2017

A realistic approach to a dark period of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, endowed with an unusual humanism, with the intention of inviting to contemplation. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 20, 2016

The seventh film from an appreciable artisan as Garcia is as risky as personal. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 17, 2016

Even though fails to create a deep psychological study of a character as attractive as Jesus, Garcia's film is an honest meditation about loneliness, the dilemmas of freedom, obedience and filial responsibility. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 14, 2016

A film that stops too much in contemplation, imposing a distance between the character and the viewer, however, the beautiful landscape and exquisite photography are very enjoyable. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 14, 2016

Don't think about it as a religious film because it could keep you away from a pleasant surprise. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 14, 2016

It is simple and primal, with unadorned, plainspoken yet eloquent dialogue and a story that plays like an enigmatic parable with no easy answers to Yeshua's questions.

| Oct 6, 2016

Last Days in the Desert drags a little too long, but is interesting in its consideration of Jesus as a man, not only a religious figure.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 2, 2016

Director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki -- the person who gave you vertigo in Gravity and froze your cheeks in The Revenant -- makes the desert throb with spirituality.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 21, 2016

Though Last Days In The Desert isn't a new perspective, that doesn't mean it's not moving, especially in bringing out the loneliness underlying the messiah complex.

| Original Score: 6.7/10 | Jun 3, 2016

A promising exercise in a style of film-making I'd like to see more of, but it's a promise somewhat unfulfilled.

| Original Score: C+ | May 27, 2016

Last Days in the Desert is a Jesus story that plays well for the nonfaithful who nevertheless appreciate the example of Jesus and his teachings.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 19, 2016