Review of The Celestine Prophecy (2006) by Melanye B — 26 Apr 2010

As with 'Whisper', I picked up this movie because I wanted to see more of Sarah Wayne Callies. So far, I love her in everything I've seen her do, and this movie was no different. She played her character well, and did her best with what she was given, but...I can't say the movie was all that spectacular.

Her co-star, Matthew Settle...seemed to be having an off day. He didn't seem like a right match for the character he was playing and it looked to me as if he was only giving about fifty percent. A result of this was my being quite underwhelmed by a lot of the action scenes or major breakthroughs he made, and I was more anxious to see more of scenes involving Sarah and the rest of the cast. They all did well, but the movie still had a B quality feel to it.

The story was quite interesting, and I'm fascinated by the idea of synchronicity (and even did a project on it in college, citing the book/movie), but it was obviously a low-budget film. Don't expect anything profound or spectacular, but there were enough really good things about it that I keep it in my collection and re-watch from time to time.