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Jan 10, 2024 · “The Book of Clarence,” the religious epic by multi-hyphenate talent Jeymes Samuel, is a handsomely crafted picture that simply loses the plot.Built around Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield), a street hustler living in A.D. 33 Jerusalem, Samuel’s script is a farcical exploitation flick forcibly reaching for political relevance under the misbegotten expectation that every Black film must be ...
Apr 20, 2024 · In the hope of wriggling out of his financial embarrassment, Clarence sets himself up as a rival Messiah. For the first two of the film’s three chapters, the picture is driven by swagger, a rich ...
Oct 12, 2023 · The followup is a wacky counter-gospel action adventure about a little-known rival to Jesus, an alternative, dope-dealing Chosen One called Clarence; all taking place in the Holy Land at the time ...
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Many viewers will find this movie highly sacrilegious, but it is actually a biblical epic with anachronistic dialogue and a sly sense of humor. The main character Clarence, a Hebrew who becomes a false messiah. He is one of the “homies” who lived in the same hood as Jesus and is a poser and manipulator. But true belief often comes from ...
- Jeymes Samuel
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Lakeith Stanfield, Omar Sy, Anna Diop
Jan 17, 2024 · It would have been easy for the movie to try to have it both ways — affirming the validity of faith but keeping the reality ambiguous. But we and a doubting Clarence witness miracles, he affirms that he doesn’t just believe, he “knows” and he at the end fully affirms Jesus’s Lordship. In fact, if it weren’t for the R-rating, this ...
Feb 6, 2024 · One poison dart and one crash later, and Clarence lost the race, his coat, his horse and his chariot. Worse yet, the horse and chariot weren’t technically his to lose. They belonged to a brothel owner named Jedediah the Terrible, who loaned him both for 30 days. That was, oh, about 29 days ago.
Oct 20, 2023 · Clarence at first considers becoming one of Jesus’ apostles to afford himself some protection, just as his twin brother Thomas (also played by Stanfield) has.
