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The movie is not "violent" like Kill Bill or Pulp Fiction or movies where there are lots of people being blown to pits. This movie basically shows one man's suffering--the longest part is the carrying of the cross, and while it shows a lot of suffering it's not really "violent" per se.

The violent parts are the whipping and the nailing, but it doesn't go on and on too long really. I think this "too violent" stuff is just Hollywood and the media trying to scare people away from it. . .nobody said anything about "Saving Private Ryan" being too violent to see (and it was WAY more violent than the Passion!).

I couldn't watch "Resevoir Dogs" torture, but the Passion was kinda like the Pope said: "It is as it was."

The escapes are flashback scenes to earlier parts of Jesus' life and they do give a nice respite to the suffering.

Your teenage son will be just fine. I myself didn't cry at the violence, but I DID cry (and I NEVER cry in movies!) at the scene where Mary remembers Jesus as a toddler, as I'm the mother of 3 small boys myself. . .