According to his birth at the same day as Jesus, the thing that inspires him to claim that he is a prophet, Ben Sobel, an ordinary man joins a political movement that seeks to fire the Romans out of Judah, where he achieves a success, the thing that leads people to think of him to be a prophet.
It's a treat to watch Robert De Niro -- the goodfella supreme -- tweak every gangster role he's ever played.
Sacramento News & Review
August 07, 2008
Sometimes very funny, but wears its sudden tone swings and flurries of profanities like a pair of cement shoes...
New York Magazine/Vulture
August 07, 2004
What we learn -- yet again -- is that potentially terrific comedies are often whacked by filmmakers who feel the need to spread a little therapy themselves.
San Francisco Chronicle
June 18, 2002
Moments and lines are so perfect that they linger in the mind.
