The Celestine Prophecy 2006

Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: The movie is self-conscious and lacks dramatic tension, and the dialogue sounds like people reading passages from James Redfield's novel ... Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: The movie is flatly acted and extremely ill-paced, lacking any sense of urgency, momentum or fun. Read more

Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: ... tedious and ill-made claptrap it makes staring at your hands seem like four-star entertainment by comparison. Read more

Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly: The Celestine Prophecy Movie never transcends either the look or the feel of a cult recruitment film crossed with a Christian-network infomercial. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The film is clumsy -- not merely unconventional but awkward in its narrative development and dialogue. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Believer and skeptic alike can agree on one thing: It is a transcendentally awful movie. Read more

Dennis Harvey, Variety: Anyone unfamiliar with the book's basic ideas will probably choke on their popcorn, agog at so much windy spiritual mumbo-jumbo floating in a woozy stew of action-adventure absurdity. Read more