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The Nativity Story
2006
A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. Read more
| Starring | Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub |
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| Director | Catherine Hardwicke |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Nativity Story
A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.
| Starring | Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub |
|---|---|
| Director | Catherine Hardwicke |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Apr 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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My favourite version of the Nativity story was directed by my mum at a village elementary school in North Yorkshire with a cast of five and six year olds. "Is there any room at the inn"... read more »
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21 out of 25 people found this review helpful
excellent
This film obviously had some big effect on the first persons review to make them so angry!i actually thought this film was really well made-and as for there not really being anything new in the story-the story cant really change from the truth that it is?I think this film is suitable for both children and adults...a very intellectual and sensitive film!!!!!
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Pious Fiction For The Uncritically Minded
This movie was obviously aimed solely at those persons already convinced of the 'Biblical Truth' of the New Testament accounts in 'Matthew' and 'Luke.'
In point of fact both of these birth narratives of Jesus are contradictory and mutually discrepant in their respective chronologies.
The attempts by the film makers at creating a veneer of 'historical' verisimilitude were ludicrous and totally unconvincing. One scene even depicted a woman giving religious instruction to a mixed group of village children. What, in first century Galilee? I rather think not!
The Romans were of course all predictable stock character villains and I was puzzled as to why Herod the Great was costumed and made up to look somewhat like the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar, rather than the Hellenistic/Roman client ruler that he actually was.
Keisha Castle-Hughes was superb in “Whale Rider.” Her casting as “Mary” in this nonsensical, overblown, farrago was a complete and utter waste of her talents. -
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