Muhammad: The Last Prophet
2004, NR, 90 min.
Directed by Richard Rich, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring .

Not reviewed at press time. Although ready for release three years ago, the events of September 11 pushed back the opening of this animated film to 2004. The film opens in 37 U.S. and Canadian cities for one week beginning Nov. 14 on Eid Al Fitr, a Muslim holiday marking the end of fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. A further narrative complication might arise from the Islamic tradition that prohibits the visual representation of Muhammad.

This article appears in November 12 • 2004.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.