[RS]

"Asked why some films warranted an R-rating for violence when "Passion" didn't, Dobson explained that there was no way to tell the story truthfully without focusing on the gruesome crucifixion scenes. "

I suppose that could also be true for any movie about gruesome murders, say, the Manson murders also....

[Salgak]

As I recall, the Creed goes. . .

". . .He suffered, died, and was buried. . . ."

That's the POINT of "The Passion": to SHOW what he went through for us. Candy-coating the suffering of Christ is almost blasphemy. . .