Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie

Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie is a 2002 computer animated musical comedy-drama adventure film based on the very popular computer-animated series, VeggieTales created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, and based off the biblical story of Jonah and the Big Whale.

Premise
Fussy asparagus Jonah makes his way across deserts and seas to deliver a message from God to the sinful city of Nineveh.

Why It Has Got A Prophet

 * 1) Great CGI animation, just like in the show, even for 2002 standards. In fact, it's quite telling the CGI animation looks way better than the 1990s episodes of VeggieTales that were released before this movie was released. The CGI animation in the movie is often said to arguably have the best CGI animation in the series as it has a movie-sized budget, which is pretty impressive, especially for VeggieTales standards.
 * 2) Very catchy and excellent musical numbers, such as Jonah Was a Prophet, Message from the Lord, and Second Chances.
 * 3) Like the show, it manages to do a good job at its various lessons, like taking second chances, mercy, and compassion.
 * 4) The movie does a great job at representing the story of "Jonah and the Big Whale" with VeggieTales characters, while also adding some changes to the source material of the story.
 * 5) The voice acting is still great, as a lot of the voice actors from the show reprised their roles.
 * 6) Just like the show itself, the movie manages to be funny and fun to watch without getting too preachy.
 * 7) The characters are still very likable, funny, and unforgettable, exactly like they were in the show.
 * 8) Loads of funny moments.
 * 9) Khalil is a great new character, and appears in the original show after this movie, starting with the Boyz in the Sink "Belly Button" segment in The Ballad of Little Joe.
 * 10) Larry, Pa Grape, and Mr. Lunt being pirates again is a nice touch.
 * 11) LarryBoy appears at one point during the outtakes.
 * 12) It was a great effort in becaming the first CGI movie musical.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) At times, while the movie is very entertaining and faithful to the Jonah tale, it can take some liberties from the source material.
 * 2) After the movie's box office flop, Big Idea started to bleed a ton of money, as they received almost no money from this movie. Since then, VeggieTales went downhill. It should be noted that just because a movie made slightly more than its budget, doesn't mean it broke even as you still have to take in mind profit margins and undisclosed marketing costs.
 * 3) Some scenes were a bit dark for a G-rated film, like when Jonah and the Pirates were about to be executed by the Ninevites, although this is done on purpose to capture the original story.
 * 4) * Other references to death are mentioned in this film as well.
 * 5) * Also, in the "Message From The Lord" song, one of the lines is "Don't do drugs, Stay in school!"

Reception
The movie was released to mixed to positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film currently has 66% rating, based on 37 positive reviews and 19 negative reviews, and an average score of 5.90/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Jonah teaches wholesome messages to children in a funny, bouncy package." On Metacritic, the film currently has 58 out of 100, indicating "mixed to average reviews."

However, the film did receive positive reception from audiences and VeggieTales fans alike. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score is currently 74%, the Metacritic audience score is 7.4, indicating "generally favorable reviews", and has a IMDb score of 6.5/10.

Trivia

 * The first VeggieTales production to use the animated version of the 1999-2015; present Big Idea logo. Future VeggieTales episodes would not use that logo until the release of Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler.
 * It is also the first computer-animated movie to be a musical.
 * Like the original series, this film didn't get dubbed in French, but the sequel, "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" and the Netflix series did.