Exceptionally poor

Rating: 1/10 (22 September 2006)

The books are excellent. One better than the other. This movie however, was a poor representation of the book. Not only this, as a "stand alone" movie, it is horrible. Poor directing. Convoluted plot. The major themes were missing and distorted. It seems like they wanted to be in the categories of movies like "What the Bleep" and "Secret." It was a miserable attempt that fell VERY short. The uplifting, inspirational themes in the books were completely absent. One left the movie feeling confused, certainly not inspired.
I think the movie could have been at least average if not superior had the director and/or writer(s) taken more time to develop the characters and to clarify the direction of the plot. It was a"hodge-podge" of sorts. If you put this together as a book, it would have read Chapter 1, Chapter 5, Chapter 3, summary, Chapter 7 of another book etc. No flow. No direction. Certainly, no inspiration.
It is an extreme disappointment to say the least.