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The Celestine Prophecy (film)

The Celestine Prophecy
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Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Produced by Barnet Bain
Screenplay by James Redfield
Barnet Bain
Dan Gordon
Based on The Celestine Prophecy
1993 NOVEL
by James Redfield
Starring Matthew Settle
Thomas Kretschmann
Sarah Wayne Callies
Jürgen Prochnow
Music by Nuno Malo
Cinematography R. Michael Givens
Edited by Maysie Hoy
Distributed by Celestine Films LLC
Release date
  • April 21, 2006 (2006-04-21)
Running time
99 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $903,680

The Celestine Prophecy is a 2006 American film directed by Armand Mastroianni and starring Matthew Settle, Thomas Kretschmann, and Sarah Wayne Callies. The film is based on James Redfield's best-selling novel of the same name.

Same as book.

Because The Celestine Prophecy (1993) novel sold over 23 million copies since its publication and has thus become one of the best-selling books of all time, Redfield had expected the film to be a success. However, the film was widely panned by critics and was a box office failure, with a total worldwide gross of less than $1 million. As of February 9, 2010, the aggregate review websites Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 4% and Metacritic 23 out of 100, based on 10 reviews. Film critic Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle called the film "clumsy -- not merely unconventional but awkward in its narrative development and dialogue", and added: "characters are sketched in shallow terms". In his top ten list of the worst films of 2006, LaSalle called it a "misbegotten film, an awkward, undramatic effort", and ranked it third on the list. Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times said "the movie is flatly acted and extremely ill-paced, lacking any sense of urgency, momentum or fun".


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