PGUS
2013MusicDrama1h 33m

Black Nativity

The Musical Event of the Holiday Season

A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.

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r96sk

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I was, for the most part, feeling pleasant enough about this... until that ending. It's not that <em>'Black Nativity'</em> ends badly, it's just so incredibly forced and cringeworthy. It's a Christmas film so I guess I could cut it some slack, but I feel it could've concluded things much better. Some of the character decisions felt odd at times, also. One of the reasons as to why I was actually finding this satisfactory throughout is the cast - loads of recognisable and likeable faces. Forest Whitaker (Cornell) is honestly great, his performance is the only one I'd class as anything over 'good'. Jacob Latimore (Langston) and Angela Bassett (Aretha) are the best of the rest, though I always like watching <em>'Fast & Furious'</em> star Tyrese Gibson act too. All in all, nothing positive or negative... just average.

Information

StatusReleased
Original Languageen
Budget$17,500,000
Revenue$7,018,189

Keywords

biblemusicalbased on play or musicalwoman directornativitychristmas

Production

Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox Searchlight Pictures
TSG Entertainment
TSG Entertainment