NekoHomey
Purely Joyful Movie!
FrogGlace
In other words,this film is a surreal ride.
AnhartLinkin
This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Jakoba
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
teamkinguk
After loving the first movie in this series, then enjoying (to a lesser extent) the second movie, I expected this one to be in the same vein. Unfortunately, it is bad. Really bad. Instead of England and school children, we are subjected to Clunes and Tate. In America. Hollywoodised. And not funny enough to carry this movie. Yawn. Mr Poppy tries to pull this movie up, but just doesn't get there with the combination of US and UK humor.This series has so much potential. Bring back the original school, Pam Ferris, and keep it in England with a fun semi-realistic storyline. Hopefully this dud hasn't ruined a future.
San152
I enjoyed the first Nativity film and the second was tolerable, but this film goes off the chart of dross! Absolutely the worst film I have ever seen. I am a fan of Martin Clunes, Catherine Tate and Celia Imrie but how they could attach themselves to this film is beyond me. How did it get green lit? How did it get a budget? Why didn't someone say, 'This is a truly dreadful movie, please don't inflict it upon cinema goers?' The script is excruciatingly bad and makes no sense whatsoever - even given that it is (supposedly) a comedy and the boundaries of normal suspension of disbelief can be pushed a little further. ****SPOLIER**** Unlike the two previous Nativity films random and ever changing numbers of children keep breaking into poorly choreographed song and dance numbers. The prospect of an Ofsted inspection is introduced but does not form any part of the story, there are some truly awful and cringeworthy cardboard cut-out characterisations and what can I say about the donkey...? It's called 'Dude, where's my donkey?' But after using the donkey as a device to make Martin Clunes lose his memory, and bringing it back at the end to dance at the top of the Empire State building, no one is looking for the donkey. And as for the way Martin Clunes gets his memory back... seriously? Believe? I absolutely didn't. ****SPOLIER ENDS****Please save your money, save your sanity, save yourselves! Don't bother...
bethany-lewis
Maybe it didn't top the first film, but hey, there was a handful of laughs and it did get me into the Christmas spirit...and it's a Christmas film - so that must be a good thing!People branding it "childish" makes me chuckle. "Childish" suggests it is good for children but perhaps a bit far fetched for the adults of this world. Well, it is a children's film, so surely it is successful in making the content right for its audience? It's rated U after all, did you really expect masses of innuendo and sophisticated drama scenes?The songs in the film are pretty catchy, and the singing is actually pretty good. The acting may not be top notch, but some scenes actually left me a bit teary, with a very good performance from the actress who portrayed young Lauren.Overall, I would recommend this film to anyone in need of a festive treat!
Neil Welch
Primary school classroom assistant Mr Poppy's Christmas problems involve taking the kids to win a flashmob contest in London in order to get to New York so that grumpy amnesiac Mr Shepherd can get to New York to marry fiancée Sophie despite the efforts of her ex-boyfriend Bradley Finch to throw a spanner in the works.Martin Clunes follows in the footsteps of Martin Freeman and David Tennant as the latest straight man to Marc Wootton's idiot child-man Mr Poppy (an individual who, in real life, would never be allowed within a mile of of a class of primary school children, all of whom display more maturity than he does. In this instalment, due to Mr Shepherd's amnesia (arising from being kicked in the head by the eponymous donkey), Mr Poppy actually has to exhibit a degree of responsibility, but don't worry, it's not significant.This film is pretty much par for the course. In between bright, colourful musical numbers – lots of them, none of them memorable or very well staged or performed – the rather silly plot unfolds, loose ends flapping in the breeze of the plentiful fart gags, to its eventual climax, yes, you guessed it, atop the Empire State Building (or, to be more precise, a large studio mock-up thereof), while stalwarts of British TV earn a few coppers in between sitcom series.This is not a good film, but neither were its two predecessors and they clearly found enough of an audience to justify this third entry.Having said that it is not a good film, I must go on to say that it is essentially good-hearted (albeit I would have liked to have seen the issue of swindling the posh kids out of their trip to New York addressed), and it is good natured. And there were two moments, one from Clunes and one from Lauren Hobbs (very good as his daughter Lauren) which got closer to moving me to tears than many other much "better" films.Plus, above everything else, Nativity 3 is aimed at kids, not adult. And I suspect that kids like jokes about farts and reindeer poo more than adults.
