With its opening splash of decidedly Disney water rippling in the wake of an artist’s paintbrush, The Prophet boldly announces its intentions: director Roger Allers (The Lion King) aims to out-Disney Disney on their own turf. Given the animation giant’s recent slate of non-Pixar related big-screen babysitters, this sumptuous, old school adaptation of Kahlil Gibran’s Hallmark Greeting Book has them beat hands down. An assortment of seven acclaimed, stylishly diverse animators are each assigned a chapter, with Allers handling the framework and bridging sequences. Fans of the Gibran pamphlet will no doubt come for the existential gibberish – all 26 sections are read in their entirety – but it's lovers of bold character outline and outlandishly exquisite flights of animated fancy who stand to profit most. Cast off the Disney/Pixar blinders and, for a change, throw your families’ support behind an indie sparkler. PS: Back in the '70’s this would have been packaged and sold to cultists as a “head film,” wink, wink. (2015) — Scott Marks
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