"Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet" (Various countries, Roger Allers)

A jailed poet is released from his mountain prison and wanders through the village towards the boat that he thinks is taking him home.  As he does, he shares wonderful poems and allegories along the way with all the people he sees.  These little vignettes are accompanied by stunning hand-drawn animation from around the world and songs by artists like Damian Rice and Glen Hansard.

Having not read The Prophet before, its hard to say who the target audience for this film is.  The stunning poetic visions look like moving watercolor and oil paintings at times but the beautiful words get lost in the images and music.  Way too much for a child to comprehend.  But then the main story tying everything together was just too dull for me to care.

I imagine the people giving a standing ovation as I left the theatre are the target audience.  They must have read the book.