Bradford Novak

The Celestine Prophecy is sleepwalking with eyes wide open. Even the score sounds like the musicians were overcoming a collective sensation of narcolepsy in forming the character score. At this point, the ambient haze produced by coco leaves is preferable to the crystal yellow sensation John experiences in the valley below. The actors are well known and in other projects laudable in their craft, but the payday for this movie was just to keep the lights on in their mansions and it shows in their lethargic performances. I say to the government soldiers about to corral the head characters, throw the colonel and cardinal in for good measure and send them into the white haze of cordite and gun powder. As for the kid who said nothing...the best actor in the whole lot.