I am surprised this film, set in ancient Alexandria, has not occasioned more controversy. It is the most pro-science, pro-rationalist, anti-Christian movie I have seen -- ever. -- and it does not disguise the message in the slightest. The director and scriptwriter is Spanish and Chilean, namely Alejandro Amenábar. It offers a Voltairean portrait of Judaism, as an oppressed rabble, most of all responsible for the crime of having birthed Christianity. There are some not-so-subtle parallels shown between the early Christians and current Muslim terrorists.I wouldn't call Agora anti-Christian in particular, but more broadly anti-fundamentalist.
The visual rendering of antiquity is nicely done and without an excess of CGI.
Here is a positive New York Times review. Here is a positive Guardian review. Not everyone will like this movie.
It's my favorite since The Man From Earth (2007).
The Man From Earth was amazing! Although I could have done without that weaselly over-actor who played neelix on Star Trek Voyager
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