Satan tempts Jesus in Gethsemane, as well as appearing to Him several times during His suffering, and is depicted as a woman with a man’s voice, holding a demonic-looking baby. [Please see the comment by Rebecca Sexton in her article here for the most likely reason behind this seemingly strange idea of Gibson's.]

"When they go to arrest 'Jesus', they strike him ... leaving him blinded in the right eye throughout the whole movie. I'm not sure why Mel decided to blind the eye of the "good shepherd", when the Bible describes the "foolish shepherd" as having his "right eye darkened"" (Zechariah 11:15-17) [Rebecca A. Sexton].

Jesus' deity is in question in the film when, in the garden no-one falls over backward at His words: "I am he".  [In saying these words, Jesus was identifying Himself as Jehovah, meaning: I AM.]

"The Passion never provides a clear sense of what all the bloodshed was for" [A.O. Scott, The New York Times].

"I've struggled since seeing the film to come to terms with what I might have been missing, with how a film like this could be considered spiritually uplifting, enlightening, important. ... The significance and import utterly elude me. ... If the intent is to remind both the religious and secular multitudes why Christ had to die for our sins, the film fails on every level since it does virtually no explaining of who He was or what He did" [Ray Richmond, Hollywood Reporter].

Comparing The Passion with previous religious movies, one critic notes: "It tells us next to nothing about Jesus, aside from the fact that he said a few things about loving one's neighbors and then dies horribly: ... [Other movies] didn't present Jesus only as a victim. Nor did any of them provide a Resurrection [so] perfunctory ... Gibson's finale seems especially empty..." [John Harti, MSNBC].

"The crucifixion of Jesus Christ has an essential theological and doctrinal framework ... Peter's sermon at Pentecost was typical ... and the result was not sobbing about scourge blows, but repentance out of fear of judgment" [Jonathan Crosby].

"Tragically, the movie fails to answer the most important question: 'Why did Jesus have to die?' Sinners are not saved by knowing HOW Jesus suffered and died, but by believing WHY He died" [Mike Gendron].

"A sickening death trip, a grimly unilluminating procession of treachery, beatings, blood, and agony" [David Denby, The New Yorker].

"... the most gut-piercing depiction ever of a man being beaten to death in all of its blood-spurting, flesh-pulverizing glory. The film is an orgy of gore, displayed for the seeming sake of gore. Take away the spiritual veneer and, in its way, the film is downright pornographic. It concerns me that parents may be taking young (or even semi-young) children to see a film that is such a full-on visual assault simply because the graphic, unsparing viciousness can be justified as holy and pious" [Ray Richmond, Hollywood Reporter].

"You’re thinking there must be something to The Passion of the Christ besides watching a man tortured to death, right? Actually, no: this is a two-hour-and-six-minute snuff movie – The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre – that thinks it’s an act of faith" [Slate].

"The Church is the only one, the Roman Catholic! ... Then I had the sweet assurance that Mary is the Church; the Church, our mother; ... I have had a great vision on the mystery of Holy Mass and I have seen that whatever good has existed since creation is owing to it  [No. All good things are owed to God alone - DP & EMcD.]" [Quotes from Anne Catherine Emmerich].  

"To the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven [but see Jer. 7:17-19 & 44:16-27 - DP & EMcD] and Earth, Lady of the Most Holy Rosary [the Rosary is not actually Catholic, but rather Hindu, in origin - DP & EMcD], Help of Christians, and Refuge of the Human Race  [No. Jesus Christ is the only Refuge of the human race - DP & EMcD.]" [Dedication in Emmerich's book, (details as above)].

"[Emmerich] was often favored by visits from the Mother of God and the Queen of Heaven, who under the form of a sweet, lovely and majestic lady, would bring the Divine Child to be, as it were, her companion" [extract from Introduction to Emmerich's book, (Tan Books and Publishers, Inc, as quoted by Roger Oakland)].  [There is an un-crossable gulf between the living and the dead, so these were obviously demonic visits - DP & EMcD.]

"During the last 12 years of her life, she ... subsist[ed] entirely on the Holy Eucharist [Since the Roman Catholic Eucharist is not a Holy thing, it is hardly likely that it was the Lord God who was sustaining her - DP & EMcD]. From 1802 until her death, she bore the wounds of the Crown of Thorns, and from 1812, the full stigmata of Our Lord, including a cross over her heart and the wound from the lance" [From article 'Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich'].

"She levitated" [Michael Brown, biographer of Emmerich].  [Witches levitate, but the only 'levitation' Christians will experience is the rapture - DP & EMcD.]

The purpose of the film is to juxtapose the "sacrifice of the cross with the sacrifice of the altar (mass) - which is the same thing" [Mel Gibson].  

A film portraying the Lord Jesus surely amounts to "animated idolatry … If it is idolatrous to have an image of God (the Lord Jesus Christ) in your living room, it cannot be less evil to play the role of God (or watch a man play that role) in a movie or play" [Don Fortner].

"By pretending to be Jesus Christ, the actor in Gibson's movie (or any other such movie) is playing the part of an idol and those who support and defend it are idolaters. Beware, this is not a light matter.  1 John 5:21 exhorts believers to avoid idolatry, and the Bible would not say that if we were not capable of idolatry" [David Cloud].

"I saw a quote by [a well-known evangelist], addressing the impact viewing the film has had on him, saying, 'Every time I preach or speak about the Cross, the things I saw on the screen will be on my heart and mind.' How could that not include the bloody face of James Caviezel? ... his is the image that will forever remain in the psyche of captivated viewers worldwide when they think of Jesus Christ and close their eyes to pray in His name. What they will see in their mind's eye will be a lie - an idol - yes, a false Christ" [Paul Proctor].

"It would be impossible for any disinterested viewer (if one could be found) to escape the fact that 'The Passion' does not just mention in passing but is centered dramatically on the culpability of the Jews. This notion, sometimes called blood libel or blood guilt, has led to untold suffering and death over hundreds and hundreds of years, and should have given someone, even a believer, pause" [Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times].

"Even if the film is not intended to be anti-Semitic it may be used as an excuse for anti-Semitism. With the media's misreporting of the situation in Israel this film is only likely to strengthen feelings against the Jews and Israel" [Martin Emerson].

While not actively denying the holocaust, Mel Gibson has never publicly repudiated his father’s view that: “It’s all – maybe not all – fiction, but most of it is” [Interview reproduced in Newsday], and he has built a church for his father’s congregation in Los Angeles [Andrew Brown].

"The movie reflects my beliefs" [Mel Gibson]. 

"The catharsis for me to play this role was through Medjugorje [a shrine to Mary in Bosnia-Herzegovina at which visitors claim she appears and speaks to them - DP & EMcD] … In preparation, I used all that Medjugorje taught me. … I kept this [piece of the true cross] on me all the time. … I also had relics of Padre Pio, … Every day everyone could see me with the rosary in my hands" [Jim Caviezel]. 

Cardinal Ratzinger was advisor for The Passion, and (it is claimed that) Pope John Paul II endorsed the film.

"Watching this movie as a former Catholic I quickly saw ... all the symbolism and false doctrine cleverly hidden within 'The Passion of Christ' ... the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary, the scapular ... the stations of the cross, a 'chalice' instead of the Biblical 'cup', 'St' Veronica, clothing that looked like a nun's habit, ... the Eucharistic imagery ... most of all, it reminded me of the place of Mary in Roman Catholicism. ... Mel had several Jesuits helping him behind the scenes of the making of this movie. ... Jesuits are masters at brainwashing" [Rebecca A. Sexton].

"A question that demands an answer is this: 'Why are evangelicals promoting a movie produced by a man who has been deceived by Roman Catholicism and is now deceiving others?' ... Evangelicals promoting a Roman Catholic film would be equivalent to Paul endorsing a message proclaimed by the Judaizers (Gal 1:6-9)" [Mike Gendron].