Ripple Effect (2008)

After a bumpy start, Ripple Effect begins to show why Whitaker, Virginia Madsen and Minnie Driver signed on as executive producers and co-stars.

Thank God Whitaker is here to bring a bit of real pathos and ambiguity to his role as the spiritual guide who’s gained wisdom through adversity, because without his Oscar-winning chops, this exercise in pop mysticism would have been too painful to bear.

I understand Amer is supposed to be going through some sort of spiritual crisis here, but Caland plays him as so self-centered and precious that it's impossible to feel any sympathy for him.

Nothing more than an elongated soap opera, sans the self-awareness.