Black Nativity

Watch: Black Nativity

11/27/20131h 33m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The Musical Event of the Holiday Season ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Kasi Lemmons

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$17,500,000.00

Revenue:

$7,018,189.00

Key words:

bible
musical
based on play or musical
woman director
nativity
christmas

Cast

Forest Whitaker

~ as ~

Reverend Cornell Cobbs

Angela Bassett

~ as ~

Aretha Cobbs

Jennifer Hudson

~ as ~

Naima

Tyrese Gibson

~ as ~

Loot / Tyson

Jacob Latimore

~ as ~

Langston

Mary J. Blige

~ as ~

Platinum Fro

Nas

~ as ~

Street Prophet (Isaiah)

Vondie Curtis-Hall

~ as ~

Pawnbroker

Grace Gibson

~ as ~

Maria / Mary

J. Mallory McCree

~ as ~

Kyle

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
6
I was, for the most part, feeling pleasant enough about this... until that ending.

It's not that 'Black Nativity' 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 actually finding this satisfactory throughout is the cast - loads of recognisable and likeable faces. Forest Whitaker (Cornell) is honestly great, his performance is the only one I'd class as anything over 'good'. Jacob Latimore (Langston) and Angela Bassett (Aretha) are the best of the rest, though I always like watching 'Fast & Furious' star Tyrese Gibson act too.

All in all, nothing positive or negative... just average.