I know the story of Bilal by heart, but what this animation movie did, is that it added a new dimension for me, I saw it from a whole new light, the people who created this work did a fantastic job, it's simply marvelous.

More serious and adult than just a child's movie.

Offensively bad. The plot is a disjointed mess, full of contradictory messages, cluttered with overdrawn flashbacks and voiceovers—denoting amateur level filmmaking. Things just happen because the script says so. The eponymous character is a naive simpleton who does little more than get his ass kicked, daydream and sulk all movie long (while everyone else is a patronizing know-it-all) yet somehow becomes the center of attention and gets a great deal of other people's time invested in him. Given all that narrative corner cutting, one might wonder where the fun went. Not a smidge of humor and wit, or anything emotionally conducive. One might expect some whimsical flair from an animation, not this constant drab tone that would have been better served by live action. On top of that, while the environment and animal visuals are gorgeous, the humans are poorly animated, looking clunky and lifeless.

Starts with a bang but, after a while, turns into a violent and uninspiring mess that has little of worth to recommend it. The film was mediocre too...though the animation was pretty good.