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Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger!

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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 Full Review Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard Slack and savvy in equal measure, and a guaranteed hit. Rated: 3/5 Nov 23, 2012 Full Review 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 Full Review Andrea Beach Common Sense Media Adorable misfits on zany Xmas adventure; some potty humor. Rated: 3/5 Jul 24, 2014 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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John K A complete mess and one of the worst Christmas movies I have ever seen. First of all, Nativity doesn't need to be a franchise because of how good the original was as a standalone film. Second, everything that's wrong with the film is the reason why its so bad. The dialogue felt clunky, the story felt generic and David Tennant's character felt like it was written for Martin Freeman, but was changed at the last minute. If you look into the production of the film, it was quite literrally rushed because all box-office results made from the film would be donated to Children in Need and they literally didn't have a completed script for the film, most of it was improvised. This goes to show how rushing the film without a completed script is a big problem because it would make the film unfinished. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/27/25 Full Review Shaun R Decent film that’s kids seem to enjoy. It does seem to go on for hours, but it’s all lighthearted family fun. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/03/25 Full Review Kelly M Great because Mr. Poppy is back but this time him and the kids go on a big adventure to Wales to A Song For Christmas Competition but the last teacher Mr. Maddens has left to America so the school hires a new teacher called Donald Peterson and he has this crazy brother called Roderick Peterson who runs this quire with all boys and Mr. Poppy rides this big yellow bus that can swim and Donald’s dad is very mean to him because he likes Roderick more because he has a better job and he doesn’t like his job my favourite songs are Yes We Can, Born in the Hay, Hawaii in my heart, Peace and Joy, Snow Angel, Counting Down for Christmas, a Dickens Christmas, Spirit of the trees, Elving Christmas and Christmas Fairies great movie 10/10 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/16/25 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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
Moviehouse Entertainment, Media Pro Six, Mirrorball Films, Premiere Picture
Genre
Holiday, Comedy
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 45m
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