The Nativity Story
Alexander Siddig, Ciarán Hinds, Hiam Abbass
"The Nativity Story" portrays a chronicle of the perilous journey of a young couple, Mary and Joseph, who must travel from their home in Nazareth to Bethlehem, Joseph's ancestral home, to register for...( read more
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DVD Released: March 20, 2007
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March 8, 2009this film has not been well recieved, but it was powerful. there were a few small inaccuracies as far as consitency to Scripture, but the film was well made and well played. I'll watch this every Christmas from now on.
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January 31, 2008This was kind of slow starting but I soon found myself engrossed in it.
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December 29, 2007This is a well developed film, flows along nicely and the cinematography is interesting. It's about average for the story of Christ's birth. The characters do seem more real than has been portrayed in many films of this type. Makes for a neat little film to add to your Christm... ...( read more )
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November 20, 2007Well, if you have ever sat through a Christmas play, you know the story already. The movie was OK - nothing earth-shattering. I didn't realize the middle east was as dry as this movie portrays it.
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July 20, 2007I applaud the effort it took to recreate the Nativity Story but this was way over hyped! Kais Nashef was robbed! He barely had any lines (of course I noticed this because of my obsession with him ever since Paradise Now). Shohreh's voice, acting, and look are so great, she was... ...( read more )
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April 3, 2009have watvhed this movie several times . I think the telling of Jesus' birth was done with class and that the "Whale Rider" girl did a great job i nthe role of Mary.
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December 1, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim
December 1, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
I have to hand it to Hardwicke: I was a lot less bored by The Nativity Story than I feared I'd be. full review
December 1, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It's not exactly the dullest story ever told, but it's certainly not the greatest. full review
December 1, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The Nativity Story has a quiet sincerity to it that's sometimes quite moving, and sometimes just too quiet. full review
December 1, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
One of the incidental points of the film, particularly powerful, is that doing the right thing isn't easy, even in the face of divine assurance. full review
December 1, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
It might not hook nonbelievers, but the choir might sing hosannas. full review
December 1, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
At the very least, it's refreshing to see a holiday film that doesn't involve Tim Allen wearing 80 pounds of rubber padding. full review
November 30, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
... The Nativity Story sticks to the familiar details of the narrative and dramatizes them with sincerity and good taste.
November 30, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Nativity Story is refreshingly original, an inspiring version for our age and, maybe, for the ages. full review
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September 29, 2007i love this movie!!! it's one of the best movies taken from the Bibile. i love mary and joseph's love story. watch it. it's good...fantastic..awesome...!
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August 22, 2007All I can say is I am short of words to express my true love for this movie and I just want to say if you have not seen it watch it; it is true my friend's.
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April 10, 2007I luv this movie. this movie was so realistic. Osscar Issac and Keisha Castle-Hughes acted so realistic. I will watch this movie over and over again.
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February 12, 2007i luv this movie! it waz very beautiful and it showed another side to christmas. it mad eme really look at it and it made me get more interested in christmas. i even read the bible at home, jus to make sure, and yea, it waz all der. i really liked how mary and joseph's relationship grew, how much joseph loved mary, and how brave mary waz to take such a responsibility of bein the mother of God. very beautiful and im hopin to get the dvd!:)
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February 6, 2007im very eager to see that movie........
coz, i don't have to watch that movie....
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January 7, 2007i loved The Nativity Story, it gave out such a message and you actually saw what the lives of Mary and Joseph might have been like.
I thought it would be realy cheesy but it surprised me.
The angel on the hill made me laugh and i was a bit let down that they missed the whole group of angels singing and i thought there would be more shepards in the field,
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December 29, 2006'it was absoulutely blarty! i'd give it a 5 star i think
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December 19, 2006it was awesome i was afraid it was gonna put a really holywood spin on the story of christs birth but it told the story really really well... i went with a few people from my church n me n one of the other girls cried most of the time just out of pure happiness that we know what was on screen was the truth... awesome movie
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December 12, 2006hmmm mite be interesting... just to see keisha again. What makes it the most intersting is that she plays the virgin mary in this film and she is now pregnant in real life...
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