watrousjames Review of Full of Grace

Full of Grace (I) (2015)

A pretty good low budget film on the last days of Mary. (Contains mild spoilers.)

[7/10 · 18 November 2018]

Andrew Hyatt, who directed PAUL, APOSTLE OF CHRIST, made this film a few years ago. It was done a low budget, but he was able to make a fairly compelling film nonetheless. It's about the final days of Mary. Of course we don't really know what her final days were like, so this is fiction, but overall, pretty good fiction. Peter, the apostle of Jesus, finds out Mary is dying so he goes to visit her. He's dealing with the new Christian Church, which is only about a decade old. There are theological disagreements among some of its members. He wants Mary's advice before she dies. The other apostle soon follow Peter. The acting was good by non-famous actors, particularly the actress that played Mary and the actor who plays Peter. Hyatt, like his film on Paul, was able to show the humanity of these Biblical characters making the story quite compelling. My two complaints about the film is that it was sluggish in spots. There also was not a lot of conflict. Hyatt did a better job with conflict in his film on Paul. Those are minor flaws in a worthwhile film.