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The Celestine Prophecy

Play trailer Poster for The Celestine Prophecy PG Released Apr 19, 2006 1h 40m Adventure Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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After losing his high-school teaching job, John Woodson (Matthew Settle) reaches a crossroads in his life. Fate seems to steer him toward a trip to Peru, where he becomes involved in the search for the missing ninth scroll to a set of eight ancient manuscripts that are rumored to reveal the future of mankind.
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Adapted from the bestselling self-help tome, The Celestine Prophesy is indifferently directed and acted, and its plotting is virtually tension-free.

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Amy Biancolli Houston Chronicle ... tedious and ill-made claptrap it makes staring at your hands seem like four-star entertainment by comparison. Rated: 0/4 Aug 12, 2006 Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post [The film is] arguably as effective as Ambien at inducing sleep, but possible side effects include uncontrollable laughter. Rated: 1/4 Aug 12, 2006 Full Review Manohla Dargis New York Times A delectable fusion of New Age babble and luridly bad filmmaking based on the best-selling 1993 book by James Redfield. Rated: 1/5 Aug 10, 2006 Full Review Jonathan Kiefer Sacramento News & Review James Redfield's best seller hits the big screen with a dull thud. Rated: 1/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Frank Lovece Film Journal International This is just dogma delivered in the blunt tones of an old classroom hygiene film. Mar 1, 2007 Full Review Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette One would think that since the book sold 14 million copies, Hollywood would have bought the film rights waay back then , but they didn't I can now see why. Rated: 0.4/5 Aug 11, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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omid f A horrible story telling by a movie. It is like not even a movie but a lecture for some people Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The storyline is totally contrived. But, this is the purpose, to highlight the principles that allow us to evolve into the next level/dimension. I found it interesting and, at times, fascinating. The movie leaves you with an uplifting feeling. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie creates awareness in the viewer if the viewer opens up their mind to the reality of we all have an energy given to us by God. What we do with that energy is up to us. In other words for good or evil. God has always given us a choice. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastic, thoughtfully made movie with a message EVERYONE needs to hear and LIVE! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a non-Hollywood independent film controlled by the original author to prevent the message from being warped. An accurate adaptation of James Redfield's classic novel would be very long and bogged down with heavy dialogue scenes, so they chose not to do that. The movie distills the true essence of the Celestine Insights to very basic form - I think at least one insight was only one or two sentences in the film. This is the bare bones introduction for people who just won't read the book. If those people like the ideas in the movie, they may be more inspired to read it after watching the film. If you have read the novel but it's been a while, then this movie will serve as a good refresher of the insights but leave you thirsty for more, a thirst that can only be quenched by rereading the original novel. The movie is a tad revisionist in a good way - It makes some actual improvements to the plot that either occurred to the author after publishing the book or came from suggestions of others. But the framework for the Insights from the original novel shine through. Trust your synchronicity! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Celestine Prophecy is one of the best Spiritual Movie which shows importance of synchronicity, ability to perceive energy and thought forms persuading Soul perception. I read books way back in 2006. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Armand Mastroianni

Director

Matthew Settle

John Woodson

Thomas Kretschmann

Wil

Sarah Wayne Callies

Marjorie

Annabeth Gish

Julia

Héctor Elizondo

Cardinal Sebastian

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Synopsis After losing his high-school teaching job, John Woodson (Matthew Settle) reaches a crossroads in his life. Fate seems to steer him toward a trip to Peru, where he becomes involved in the search for the missing ninth scroll to a set of eight ancient manuscripts that are rumored to reveal the future of mankind.
Director
Armand Mastroianni
Producer
Barnet Bain, James Redfield, Terry Collis
Screenwriter
James Redfield, Barnet Bain
Distributor
Celestine Vision
Production Co
Celestine Films
Rating
PG (Some Violence)
Genre
Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 19, 2006, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 23, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.0M
Runtime
1h 40m
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