LaKeith Stanfield as Clarence in a character poster for The Book of Clarence
The Big Picture The Book of Clarence is the kind of movie you don’t know you want to see until you see it. A film about a man pretending to be a false prophet for his own personal gain in the age of Jesus isn't exactly driving people into the theaters. However, The Book of Clarence isn’t so much a religious movie as it is a movie about religion, and this is the key reason it works as not only entertainment but commentary.
To do this, Clarence first approaches the Twelve Apostles, one of whom is his twin brother Thomas . The Apostles mock him, claiming that he is a nonbeliever and that he’s being insincere, and say that to become an apostle, he has to dedicate his life to Jesus Christ and perform an amazing feat to prove himself. Judas suggests that Clarence free a group of gladiator slaves to earn a place as the thirteenth Apostle, which Clarence takes to heart.
However, Clarence is also in the category of the nonbeliever who hates God. His relationship with his brother, Thomas, is extremely strained because Thomas left home to become an apostle. Clarence feels like Thomas abandoned their family - and even uses the Bible’s teachings against him, saying that Thomas has broken the commandment of honor thy father and thy mother - and claims that Thomas is following a man who could be a fraud.
By taking this three-pronged approach, The Book of Clarence moves away from mockery and into commentary about how Clarence and Jesus - knowledge and belief, the two branches that seem to constantly be at war - run together and interact with each other, yet are often overshadowed by the majority interpretation of events.
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