THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER – PART 3

This is Season Five's final theatrical chapter, and it earns its four stars. The performances are strong, the visuals are lovely, and the film sticks mostly to the Scriptural account — Jesus is named the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, fulfilling the Old Covenant and opening the New. Watching Jesus show patience and even humor toward His anxious, all-too-human Apostles is genuinely moving.

It also costs something. There are scary images, brief but real violence, and a mounting sadness as betrayal and arrest close in. The film's non-linear structure, jumping through flashbacks, makes parts feel drawn out, and it doesn't yet show the full weight of Jesus's suffering in Gethsemane — remember, this is really three episodes of a series, not a single crafted film.

Adults, older kids, and anyone hungry for a faithful retelling of the Passion will walk away fed. Younger or sensitive children may walk away shaken. Bring the family, but preview it first if your kids are young.

Jesus gathers His Apostles for a Passover meal that will become the Last Supper, patiently preparing a way for them even as they worry over small things like finding a proper kosher room. As the Twelve journey to the Upper Room, each recalls how Jesus first found them — except one, who is wrestling with his own humanity in a very different, and far more dangerous, direction. Meanwhile, powerful men are already plotting against Him.

Four stars means this is strong, faithful filmmaking with a couple of real seams showing. The performances carry weight, and the film is visually attractive throughout — it looks and feels like "the greatest story ever told" deserves. It also stays close to Scripture, which matters more here than in most films.

The seams: the storytelling is non-linear and, at times, incongruent, which drags pacing and makes the film feel a little overstated. It also misses a chance to convey the full suffering of Jesus in Gethsemane. Both flaws trace to the same root cause — this isn't really one movie, but three episodes of a series stitched together for theaters. Judged as what it is, it's excellent; judged as a standalone film, it shows the stitching.

This is a very strong Christian, biblical worldview film, and it earns that description. It retells the four Gospels' account of Jesus preparing His Apostles for the Passover that becomes the Last Supper, and it names Him plainly: the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world, fulfilling the Old Covenant and establishing the New. Jesus pays the debt for the sins of those who believe in Him, so they may be made righteous before the Triune God. Nicodemus's quiet investigation — testing what he hears about Jesus against Scripture itself — is a small but meaningful model of discernment. Judas's refusal to pray or seek consolation, choosing betrayal instead, is a sober picture of what happens when a soul faces its own weakness without turning to God.

The film doesn't distort the Gospel; if anything, it holds back — not yet showing the full cost Jesus is about to pay. That cost is the film's real center of gravity even before we see it: a perfect, divine, and good Savior taking on the sin of the whole world so that sinners might be made right with God.

That longing — for a spotless one to bear what we cannot bear ourselves — is the ache Scripture answers directly: "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29).

This is a faithful, beautifully made chapter of a story worth every family's attention — with one caveat. Scary images, real sadness, and brief violence mean younger children should sit this one out, or watch it with a parent close by. Our verdict stands: worth the trip — caution for younger children.