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.
- 5.1
- 2013
- Released
- 1h 33m
Forest Whitaker
Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Angela Bassett
Aretha Cobbs
Jennifer Hudson
Naima
Tyrese Gibson
Loot / Tyson
Jacob Latimore
Langston
Mary J. Blige
Platinum Fro
Nas
Street Prophet (Isaiah)
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Pawnbroker
Grace Gibson
Maria / Mary
J. Mallory McCree
Kyle
Rotimi
Officer Butch McDaniels
Michael Dale
InnkeeperDoug Willen
Chic Man
Henry Hunter Hall
Snoopy
Marija Abney
Nativity DancerJevon McFerrin
Bus Singer #2 (uncredited)
Amyrh Harris
Church Goer (uncredited)
Paugh Shadow
Bethlehem / Modern Day Thug Hallucination (uncredited)
Released
en
$17,500,000.00
$7,018,189.00
- #bible
- #musical
- #based on play or musical
- #woman director
- #nativity
- #christmas
Reviews
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 actua