The Nativity Story (2006)

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CinemaSource

Studio: New Line Cinema

Rating: PG

Release Date: Dec 1, 2006

Running Time: 100 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Ciaran Hinds, Shaun Toub, Alexander Siddig, Eriq Ebouaney, Matt Patresi, Hiam Abbass, Nadim Sawalha

director: Catherine Hardwicke

The Nativity Story

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A chronicle of the perilous journey of a young couple, Mary and Joseph, who must travel from their home in Nazareth to Bethlehem, Joseph’s ancestral home, to register for a census ordered by King Herod. It is a journey of over 100 miles, through treacherous terrain, made much more difficult by the fact that Mary is nine months pregnant.

The Nativity Story is a somewhat tepid but very faithful Sunday school retelling of the birth of Jesus Christ. Let's just say there aren't any surprises.

Story

Of course, this is the first time this story has gotten the full cinematic treatment. The basics are there: A young Mary (Keisha Castle-Hughes) immaculately conceives the son of God after being visited by an angel, and she and her husband, Joseph (Oscar Issac), make a long trek to Bethlehem on a donkey. She then gives birth to Jesus in a…