This movie only works if you understand that the featured Arhuaco shamans who have identified the deeply troubled Schneider character as the person to save their sacred mountain are in fact real shamans playing themselves. They were featured a while back in a National Geographic film and are very special people indeed. I suspect that this project grew out the NGS film as a Hollywood effort to throw some money their way. The screenplay of course is entirely fictional and seemingly rather casually thrown together. Schneider puts in a sincere effort and there are interesting supporting roles for Steve Buscemi and Holland Taylor, but this a story of spiritual growth, not a comedy, and it is only the shamans and their mission that we really care about.
Review of The Chosen One
