This week on Bad First Impression, returning guest Alex Campo and I dig deep into a movie that that a startling number of people have a childhood connection to: the 2004 blockbuster Christian exploitation film The Passion of the Christ. After we saw it at the Anthology Film Archives as part of their series "Jesus Christ! At the Movies," we sat down to parse how this movie became an Easter staple in Christian households. Discussion topics include:

 

•  Is this a horror film?
• Does its mere existence as a commercial product constitute blasphemy?
• Why is this movie apologizing for Pontius Pilate's behavior?