When King Herod (Anthony Hopkins) orders a murderous hunt for her newborn baby, Mary and Joseph (Ido Tako), go on the run — bound by faith and driven by courage — to save his life at all costs.

“Mary” is a fictionalized and heavily dramatized account of the life of the Virgin Mary, but the movie’s great and only pleasure is in watching Anthony Hopkins play King Herod as a homicidal ...

Actually that’s not quite fair. Anthony Hopkins as Herod understands the assignment, bellowing lines such as “KNEEEEEEEL!” with requisite gusto. We’ve seen him serve more fully flavoured ...

In addition to Anthony Hopkins as King Herod, the film stars Noa Cohen as Mary, Ido Tako as Joseph, Hilla Vidor as Anne, Ori Pfeffer as Joachim, Stephanie Nur as Salome, Mili Avital as Mariamne ...