Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.

Martin Freeman
as Paul Maddens

Ashley Jensen
as Jennifer Lore

Marc Wootton
as Mr. Poppy

Pam Ferris
as Mrs. Bevan

Jason Watkins
as Gordon Shakespeare

Ricky Tomlinson
as Mayor

Alan Carr
as The Critic

John Sessions
as Mr. Lore

Phyllis Logan
as Mrs. Lore

Geoffrey Hutchings
as Father Tom
John Chard
As warm and as enchanting as a Whisky Mac. He's a failed actor, his girlfriend has left him and gone to make it big in America, and now, school teacher Paul Maddens has to direct the Nativity play. Worse still, after a little white bragging lie to an old rival, Maddens finds things escalating out...
r96sk
Silly and stupid, but it has a charm to it. <em>'Nativity!'</em> is not a film to be taken seriously, though there is entertainment in there. Martin Freeman does well as the flawed Mr. Maddens, while Marc Wootton fully commits to the role of somewhat dodgy Mr. Poppy - he can be irritating in part...