Nativity!
Nativity!
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Nativity!

Nativity!

2009
Comedy, Family/Kids
1h 45m
An improvised comedy based around a school nativity play. (imdb)

Nativity!

2009
Comedy, Family/Kids
1h 45m
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Avg Percentile 35.33% from 93 total ratings

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Rated 16 Dec 2018
60
36th
Feels a bit implausible, and perhaps a bit slight, but gets away with it due to some likeable, natural performances from the young 'uns and a couple of decent songs. Gets bonus points for a brief appearance from Lester Freamon from The Wire. The bairns liked it.
Rated 25 Oct 2011
91
83rd
Effortlessly funny and charming in a way few films are, Nativity! is to Christmas movies as Outnumbered is to British sitcom - a fun premise elevated by kids strong at improvisation and supported by an able adult cast. (Outnumbered is probably better, objectively, but Nativity! is fantastic fun nonetheless.)
Rated 14 Dec 2015
6
42nd
Freeman's straight-laced, serious-faced Mr. Maddens and Wootton's boisterous, child-at-heart Mr. Poppy make for a hilarious pair; add in a white-lie-explosion plot and a rag-tag class of adorable kids with British accents singing Christmas songs and there's plenty to smile at here. Maddens' heartbreak and the underdog school motif add some extra emotion (the letters to Santa scene is especially heart-touching) but they could've been milked for more, and everything resolves much too easily.
Rated 18 Dec 2010
78
55th
Yes I know its had bad reviews but how enjoyabe! Love the guy from the office (cant act) love the girl from Extras (good looking). You would have to be a sour faced person with no kids not to enjoy this bundle of joy. Who cares its corny, the kids are adorable and it leaves you with exactly the feeling you should have when watching a Christmas film - maybe I'm not so tough as I thought! Essential Christmas viewing.
Rated 18 Dec 2023
1
9th
Excellent in showing both how boring and meaningless nativity plays and brits are.
Rated 25 Dec 2021
80
74th
well, I suppose Nativity is a classic example of a film, watched at the right time, with the right company, in the right mood. I can imagine this would not work as well for a single guy, just dumped by his girlfriend when she realised he was impotent. But I found it terrific fun; a bit like "School of Christian Rock" without the annoying Jack Black. I like Martin freeman because he can play "normal" better than most, and for a partially improvised film, it was pretty damn good. The kids were ace
Rated 15 Dec 2019
15
5th
I don't understand what this movie is for. The dialogue, characters and plot seem to be so brain meltingly simple that it's aimed squarely at very young children, but there's an overall air of mawkish sentimentality, and Martin Freeman in general, that seems to be aimed more at the parents. Either way, it is mostly insufferable, but the kids in it are quite cute.
Rated 28 Mar 2019
78
37th
One of my favourite Christmas films
Rated 22 Dec 2013
49
55th
Was fabulous until the nativity play itself which did go on a bit!
Rated 27 Dec 2012
10
2nd
Martin Freeman alone can't save this from being a total disaster. Very annoying.
Rated 20 Dec 2012
50
38th
Martin Freeman is great as always, Ashley Jensen almost equally so, but beyond that this film has very little to offer. You could do far worse I guess, it has some charming moments, it's just really hard to get properly excited about.
Rated 05 Jan 2012
6
43rd
Gentle, but dull Christmas family film.
Rated 29 Dec 2010
2
18th
Goes exactly how you think it will and is not as charming as it thinks it is. It has this annoying kid similar to the one from "The Blind Side" who made me want to take a bullet.
Rated 22 Nov 2010
39
57th
Euhhh. What to say? I found it hard to get enthused about any aspect of the film, i was watching Martin Freeman and Marc Wootton thinking "is this it, is this the best you can do?", the story is pretty soppy but I suppose the nativity the kids perform is ok? I guess? I was just expecting more comedy or entertainment from this film. It just lacks any sort of sparkle or shine.

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