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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 ...
67% Tomatometer 111 Reviews 80% Audience Score 250+ Verified Ratings Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence (LaKeith Stanfield) is struggling to find a better life for his family, while ...
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Jan 11, 2024 · After some mishaps — including a very funny scene with John the Baptist (David Oyelowo) and a fight-turned-friendship with a gladiator named Barabbas (Omar Sy) — Clarence has an idea.
Oct 12, 2023 · ‘The Book of Clarence’ Review: LaKeith Stanfield Is an Unlikely Messiah in Jeymes Samuel’s Brash Biblical Epic. The director of 'The Harder They Fall' returns with another revisionist twist on...
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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...
Jan 10, 2024 · In The Book of Clarence, Jeymes Samuel applies his jocular style — anachronistic music, rapid-fire banter and winking asides — to a Biblical epic that ends up strangely self-conscious when...
