Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!

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Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!

2012

1h 45m

Holiday

Comedy

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A new teacher (David Tennant) at St. Bernadette's Primary School is forced to accompany his class on a road trip to a holiday music competition.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

The earlier, fairly crummy picture now seems like FW Murnau's Sunrise when set beside the blitzkrieg of awfulness that is Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!

Rated: 1/5

Nov 24, 2012

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Slack and savvy in equal measure, and a guaranteed hit.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 23, 2012

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Silly, goofy and pretty groanworthy. But it is unpretentious and is, after all, aimed at very young children.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 22, 2012

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Andrea Beach

Common Sense Media

Adorable misfits on zany Xmas adventure; some potty humor.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 24, 2014

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

It might actually be funnier if you haven't seen the first film, but I'm not in a position to say--only that it's disappointingly similar to the original, and suffers from the comparison.

Rated: 6/10

Nov 24, 2013

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Rich Cline

Contactmusic.com

After 2009's inane comedy Nativity, no one was clamouring for a sequel, but at least this one tips the scales into sublime silliness.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 26, 2012

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Sean M

Absolute pinnacle of cinema. I would do anything to witness any of David tenants movies for the first time again.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/28/24

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StephenPaul C

LOL, the funniest 1.75 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/14/23

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chris m

Nativity, the original, was good fun. This second outing is really weak in comparison. David Tennant must regret his presence. Awfully laboured with little to even smile about.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Spicy G

Cinematic masterpiece. Puts any other movie to shame.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/17/22

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Audience Member

Absolute drivel. Unbelievable scenarios played for cheap laughs topped off with a truly appalling Eurovision style collection of unlikely styled so called songs.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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r 9

A step down, even if it isn't anything all that bad to be honest. 'Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!' is actually, only a tad, more serious than the first film, though it still features all the shenanigans that you'd expect from it. David Tennant is an upgrade on Martin Freeman, as is Joanna Page on Ashley Jensen. Marc Wootton is basically the same, as are Jason Watkins and Pam Ferris. This one doesn't have as much charm as the original, not helped by the majority of it feeling like a copy. Sure, some things are changed but it's practically the same story - except for that fact that there is no actual Nativity play involved, so there's that. I still didn't dislike it though, it serves its purpose I guess.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

A new teacher (David Tennant) at St. Bernadette's Primary School is forced to accompany his class on a road trip to a holiday music competition.

Director: Debbie Isitt
Producer: Nick Jones
Screenwriter: Debbie Isitt
Production Co: Premiere Picture, Media Pro Six, Moviehouse Entertainment, Mirrorball Films
Genre: Holiday, Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 45m

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