Nativity Rocks!

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Directed by Debbie Isitt
Written byDebbie Isitt
Produced byNick Jones
Starring Simon Lipkin
Celia Imrie
Craig Revel Horwood
Helen George
Ruth Jones
Daniel Boys
CinematographySean Van Hales
Music byNicky Ager
Production
company
Mirrorball Films
Distributed by Entertainment One
Release date
  • 23 November 2018 (2018-11-23)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4.1 million [1]

Nativity Rocks! is a 2018 British Christmas comedy film and the fourth and final instalment of the Nativity film series by Debbie Isitt. It stars Simon Lipkin, Celia Imrie, Craig Revel Horwood, Helen George, Ruth Jones & Daniel Boys. Like its predecessors, it was distributed by Entertainment One. The only people who reprised their roles in this film were Celia Imrie (who portrayed Mrs Keen, the headteacher of St. Bernadette's who took over from Mrs Bevan after Pam Ferris did not reprise her role in Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?) and Jessica Hynes (who portrayed Angel Matthews in Nativity! 2: Danger in the Manger), Simon Lipkin who previously played a grotto elf in Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? plays a new character Desmond Poppy's younger brother Jerry Poppy who takes over from the latter after Marc Wootton did not reprise his role either.

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Plot

Five years after Dude, Where's My Donkey?, Doru, a child refugee from Syria, is separated from his father as he arrives in the United Kingdom having been smuggled in illegally by boat and under fire. He is moved to Coventry by social worker Suzie Shelly and joins St Bernadette's Primary School, where he meets new teaching assistant Jerry Poppy, who assists him in his search for his father, amid another Christmas musical production for the school, led by impresario Emmanuel Cavendish. [2] Jerry is immediately suspicious that Cavendish and he have met before, believing that his mother used to clean Cavendish's parents' house before Cavendish framed Jerry for stealing a brooch.

With nowhere to stay, Jerry and Doru end up staying with Barnaby, a lonely boy with rich parents who are often away (due to nefarious means by the father). After Jerry helps Barnaby decorate the house, he prompts Barnaby's mother Clara to start making more of an effort to be there for her son emotionally, rather than just providing for him financially. Cavendish's auditions for the show initially go well, but when Cavendish starts trying to take all the major parts for himself, he is fired by the schools so they can do it themselves. Doru’s father goes looking for Doru, and hitches a bus to Coventry.

Cast

Reception

The film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 0% based on eight reviews. [3]

When the film was released in the United Kingdom, it opened at #5, behind Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald , The Grinch , Bohemian Rhapsody and Robin Hood . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Nativity Rocks! - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2020-04-11. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  2. ↑ Collin, Robbie (22 November 2018). "Nativity Rocks! review: ear-splitting proof that Mr Poppy and politics don't mix". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  3. ↑ "Nativity Rocks!". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango. Archived from the original on 2020-09-25. Retrieved October 30, 2021.


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