Nativity!

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

Cast

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

Reviews

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...

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