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Movie Review: Audacious Bible-era story 'The Book of Clarence' is maybe too audacious
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This image released by Sony Pictures shows Omar Sy, left, in a scene from "The Book of Clarence." - photo by Moris Puccio/Legendary Entertainment/Sony via AP
Somewhere between the sacred and profane, comedy, drama and satire comes “The Book of Clarence,” a retelling of The Greatest Story Ever Told that arrives in theaters appropriately between Christmas and Easter. It's a remarkably idiosyncratic approach by rising auteur Jeymes Samuel, who for this Biblical-era tale is director, producer, writer and composer for only his second feature. You have to kind of hand it to him: Who else would have the audacity to tackle Jesus in your second outing?