Conscious Living Magazine

The usual premise that “a movie is never as good as the book” is supported by the comparison between the book, The Celestine Prophecy, and the film of the same name. 
The great line up of actors entices the viewer to expect a dynamic story and quality action scenes, but these are not evident. Part of the way through, it becomes obvious that this is most definitely a low-budget film.


After John Woodson (Mathew Settle, I Still Know What You did Last Summer) loses his job as a history teacher, brief encounters that illustrate the power of coincidences and an invitation from an old flame lead him to Peru.
He experiences vague flash backs, eventually revealed as a past-life drama. His love-interest from that past is also involved in a quest to protect scrolls from the Peruvian Government and Catholic Church, who are convinced the nine insights will displace traditional values. The content in the movie regarding this persecution needs more story line. 
At the start of the story, the viewer is led to question evolution versus creation. Our hero is searching for the next step in evolution while the church is confronting the notion that creation can co-exist with Darwin's theory.


The Celestine Prophecy film was produced by Armand Mastroianni from a screenplay by James Redfield, Barnet Bain and Dan Gordon, with the musical score composed by Nuno Malo