Synopsis
Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion.
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Cast
- Salma Hayek PinaultKamila (voice)
- Liam NeesonMustafa (voice)
- John KrasinskiHalim (voice)
- Alfred MolinaSergeant (voice)
- Frank LangellaPasha (voice)
- Quvenzhané WallisAlmitra (voice)
- Assaf CohenYoung Groom / Date Seller (voice)
- Terri DouglasVillage Woman (voice)
- Leah AllersWoman With Shawl / Young Bride (voice)
- Caden ArmstrongBully Girl (voice)
Recommendations
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Variety
Think of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet as a gift: a work of essential spiritual enlightenment, elegantly interpreted by nine of the world’s leading independent animators, all tied up and wrapped in a family-friendly bow by “The Lion King” director Roger Allers. - 75
Movie Nation
It’s a lovely work, imbued with all the sweetness a Who’s Who of great animators can give it. - 75
New York Post
Gibran’s book was huge in the 1960s, and it feels fresher here than it has in ages, although the visuals are stronger than the music. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Gibran’s little life lessons have been turned into three-minute haiku by different animators and spread across the film. Each one soars (especially clay painter Joan Gratz’s color-bursting snippet, “On Work”), even if the plot holding them together is frustratingly Disneyish. - 63
Slant Magazine
A consummate sampler platter of the bounty of state-of-the-art animation currently available as alternatives established major-studio house styles. - 50
Village Voice
Paley's segment proves that The Prophet is more of a missed opportunity than an ambitious folly. - 50
Observer
The movie achieves the kind of rhythm of an opera, alternating between arias of animated poetry and the recitative of normal speech. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The audience's response to The Prophet is likely to be determined by their feelings for the original book rather than the eclectic, imaginative visuals.
