Film Review – The Book of Clarence

We’ve come a long way in 45 years. In 1979, Monty Python had their fun with biblical ideas and characters in “Life of Brian,” and they walked right into a storm of controversy for their efforts, facing those practiced in the ways of outrage working to dismiss a sharp and enjoyably goofy take on the path of Heavenly light. Today, there’s “The Book of Clarence,” with writer/director Jeymes Samuel (“The Harder They Fall”) pursuing a similar tone of irreverence with his take on the power of Jesus, and I don’t believe anyone is going to raise much of a fuss with this release. “The Book of Clarence” is silly, but also deadly serious about the mysteries of faith, with Samuel paying tribute to biblical epics of old with his study of a slacker becoming a messiah. The helmer really tries to put on a show with this uneven endeavor, which lands somewhere between a lame “Saturday Night Live” sketch and an earnest celebration of spirituality. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com