Nativity! (2009)

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Directed by

Debbie Isitt

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Martin Freeman
Paul Maddens

Marc Wootton
Mr. Poppy

Jason Watkins
Gordon Shakespeare

Ashley Jensen
Jennifer Lore

Pam Ferris
Mrs. Bevan

Alan Carr
The Critic

Ricky Tomlinson
Lord Mayor

Rosie Cavaliero
Miss Rye

Written by

Debbie Isitt
screenplay

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A lovely little movie

10 years, 5 months ago at Dec 4 12:12

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"Jennifer is coming. And she's bringing everyone from her agency." Hollywood enjoys using the festive season as an excuse to fill multiplexes with Christmas-themed garbage, leading to dreck like Four Christmases, Surviving Christmas, Christmas with the Kranks, and too many more to list. It's rather pleasant, then, to witness a film like 2009's Nativity!, a low-budget British export that surpasses... read more

A bad film much worse than I expected

9 years, 3 months ago at Jan 31 10:16

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More than two years ago, 'Nativity 2' was released. I ended up seeing it and finding it a bad movie with pretty squeamish inappropriate humour for kids. From recording 'Nativity', I expected something pretty average!

'Nativity' is a bad film much worse than I expected it to be! The film focuses on a teacher Paul Maddens (Martin Freeman) who hates Christmas and his ex-girlfriend Jenn... read more

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Description: This Christmas, primary school teacher Paul Maddens is charged with producing the school's nativity play. Competing against the posh rival school for the honor of best reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when Paul idly boasts that his ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood Producer, is coming to see his show with a view to turning it into a film. The only trouble is - they haven't spoken in years. With eccentric assistant Mr Poppy fuelling his 'little white lie', Maddens suddenly finds himself a local celebrity and at the center of quarreling parents and over-excited children desperate in their bid for fame and fortune. Ma ... (more)

Release date: 27 November 2009

Tags: Christmas (4), Comedy (3), Family (3), British (2), 2009 (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), Nativity (1), SCC (1)

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"Martin Freeman plays Paul Maddens a failed actor now an underachieving primary school teacher. His former girlfriend left him some years ago and made it big in Hollywood. Now Paul has been put in charge to direct the Nativity play and vies to outdo a rival school whose head teacher he knew at University and rather envies. Paul lies that Hollywood casting agent will come to see the Nativity play which escalates out of control I genuinely wanted to like this British Christmas comedy movie but co"