Posted on 01/12/06
O come all ye faithful
The Nativity Story**½Directed by Catherine HardwickeWritten by Mike RichStarring Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac and Ciaran HindsClassification: GTold with pedestrian respect, The Nativity Story is just that, and those who bring their Christian faith to the story will surely find something to like in the movie. Anyone else might find it a strangely truncated tale: About 2,000 years ago, an unseen god uses the womb of a teenage girl to give birth to his son, a god-child invested with big expectations. The end. Now that's a provocative yarn as far as it goes, but neophytes can be forgiven for believing that the picture is missing a few reels -- like where in heaven are the second and third acts?
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