Rating: 
Summary: Great Battles, but the rest is not so good
Review: The dialogues are stilted and the acting stiff,
but the battles are intense! The director
handles not being able to show Mohammed
very well. The reconstruction of old Mecca
and all outdoor shots (on location) are very
good, but the matte paintings used to depict
the interior of the Byzantine palace are flat.
Unfortunately this comes at the very beginning
of the film too. That said, if the topic of
the film is of interest, this is a good film
to watch.
Rating: 
Summary: May God send peace and blessings upon Muhammed
Review: Mustafa Akkad, the man who also brought us Lion Of The Desert, directs and produces The Message. The film is based on the story of Islam and the prophethood of Muhammed, peace and blessings be upon him. Islam in Arabic means 'submission to God', a Muslim is one who accepts Islam and therefore is a 'submitter to God' All prophets before Muhammed had been sent down with the same message of truth; to submit to God and worship Him alone. The Message reveals this as much as it reflects the true prophethood of Muhammed and the revelation of the Quran being the last revelation that God sent down to mankind. The film is well acted. Anthony Quinn plays the role of Hamza Bin Abdul Mutalib, the prophet's uncle, who was one of the first people to accept the message that his nephew had been sent with, one of the greatest warriors and early martyrs in Islam. The film is also beautifully shot in the deserts of North Africa. I recommend this film to all Muslims and non-Muslims. For the Muslims, this film will be an engaging and very emotional experience. For the non-Muslims, it will be a good lesson in knowing and understanding the truth and essence of Islam and how its message is universal and true. Muhammed, peace be upon him, is not portayed on screen because it is forbidden to resemble any prophet by another person even for artistic reasons. This does not apply only to prophet Muhammed, peace be upon him; but also to Jesus, Moses, Abraham, Noah, David and all other prophets peace and blessings be upon all of them. A
Rating:
Summary: too divine, too human
Review: I have only studied a small amount of the rich history of Mohammed, the Koran, and Islam, so I cannot vouch for the historic accuracy or even the message delivered by the movie. All prophets of peace are, of course, needed badly in this world.
As a movie, however, this leaves much to be desired. The writing is stilted and tedious, the acting only passable (even by fine actors), and the movie suffers from prophet-worship. Mohammed is portrayed as a disembodied figure and the other actors either stick their faces into the camera for very one-sided conversations or simply announce to each other what the prophet said.
Movies about Moses, David, Jesus, and other religious figures portray their subjects as human, keeping God as the disembodied voice or burning bush or what-not. In this movie Mohammed takes this invisible form, instead of being humanized by an actor, and therefore is equated with God.
If The Ten Commandments had shown Moses-the-disembodied-voice telling Pharaoh to free the slaves, or if films about Jesus portrayed him only as a golden light (the way a recent Disney movie did Mohammed), the producers would have been accused of deifying those characters. It would be better to show the Prophet as a man than to make him the equivalent of the burning bush.
Also, it makes the script very ponderous, difficult for the actors, and quite repititious: "Hey, Mohammed says God said this!" Hey, the Prophet says God said that!" is heard over and over again. The Message would be better served by having Mohammed come to the people directly and telling them what God said, and leave out the middlemen.
Rating:
Summary: A MUST SEE
Review: This film is about the take off of Islam. The movie goes from God's revelation of His Message to Muhammad until the death of the Last Prophet. Basically this movie takes you into the journey in which Islam became a local religion.
Of course, Islam afterwards became an international religion and this is not covered in this movie. Also, when you purchase this movie, do not expect to see what the Prophet "looks like". Muhammad has always made it clear that he was a man, not a god, and has therefore insisted that people focus on God's Message. "Mankind should only kneel to God". The contrast with Christianity, and with nowadays "Islam", is staggering.
One of the things that make this movie interesting is that it portrays the true spirit of Islam.
This is a must see for everyone who has ever wondered what this world is about, why we are borne, and why we die.
Rating:
Summary: A Giant Production!
Review: This is one of the biggest and greatest movies produced since The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, and such movies. It talks about the origin and history of Islam starting from the first year of the prophethood of The Messenger Mohammed (P). This is a must-watch movie and there is absolutely no harm in knowing how was the beginning, although it does not really talk about the actual beginning -e.g. birth-. Another point is that the person of the Holy Character of Prophet Mohammed, his family and some of his companions don't show.. not even the backs at least - if they didn't want to show faces. Also, lots of important historical details were not discussed in the movie and lots of the featuring characters were not in fact powerful historically. Overall, a movie worth buying and watching. 5 stars.
Rating:
Summary: The Message
Review: Very factual movie. The movie is exactly coresponding to the book written by Ebu Bekr Sradzudin, a bosnian writer. The book is called Muhammad and is explaining the pre islamic Arabia, following by persecution of islam and success of the islamic religion. The book has great action, and is verry spiritually piercing. Will make one thinck about Islam well and explain that Islam is not a negative and terrorist religion, but a spiritual, legal and human religion.
Rating: 
Summary: FALSE!!!
Review: This movie is complete false with it's uneducated thoughts of Mohammed being the last prophet of GOD complete and utter Rubbish. This movie should be RE-CALLED and Banned for Heritical sayings and beliefs your only lucky we rated this movie with one star , were even wasting our time and brain power in writing a review pheff. --YOU BLASHPHEMERS--
Rating:
Summary: The Message movie
Review: This movie is one of the greatest movies about Islam. I highly recommand it to anybody who wants to know the story of Islam. This movie represents historical events that took place in the Middle-East 1400 years ago. There has been a lack of understanding between the East and the West especially between two different cultures but this movie can be the bridge as knowledge has always been the first step but we still need a final step to cross the bridge and to recognize that our cultures are integrated so WHO IS GOING TO CROSS THE BRIDGE FIRST?
Rating:
Summary: Well-done!
Review: I heard about the film very long time ago and currently I got the opporunty to buy and watch it. It is really spectaculary done! Although, some reviewers argued that the movei focused mainly on "Hamza" and ignored the other well-known people who supported and participated in allowing the message of islam to spread in its early stages, but the main idea of the film has been delivered in highly elaborate way. For the western, I consider it one of the best sources displays the early stages of islam. However, as some of the reviewers recommended, I do recommend aditional advanced sources if you are interested toknow more about the prophet Muhammed (PBUH)and islam.
Rating: 
Summary: Learn the trials and tribulations of Mohamed & early Islam
Review: This movie was great. The viewer must understand that it is strictly verboten to show images of The Prophet Mohamed (PBUH)by Islam, so Anthony Quinn's character speaks and acts for him. It shows the basic precepts behind Islam - equality, strength and love of others. It also shows the solidarity between the Muslims and the early Christians, who gave the Muslims shelter from the Arabs who would have killed them. It is educational for those, like myself, who are curious about the origins of this religion. It is like watching the life of Jesus, but not being able to actually see Jesus or hear him talk. That is why I did not give it all five stars.
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