Nativity Rocks!

Nativity! 4: Nativity Rocks!
Nativity! 4: Nativity Rocks!
Directed by	Debbie Isitt
Written by	Debbie Isitt
Produced by	Nick Jones
Starring	Simon Lipkin; Celia Imrie; Craig Revel Horwood; Helen George; Ruth Jones Daniel Boys
Cinematography	Sean Van Hales
Music by	Nicky Ager
Production; company	Mirrorball Films
Distributed by	Entertainment One
Release date	23 November 2018;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$4.1 million

Nativity! 4: Nativity Rocks! is a 2018 comedy film and the fourth installment of the Nativity film series by Debbie Isitt. It stars Simon Lipkin, Celia Imrie, Craig Revel Horwood, Helen George and Ruth Jones & Daniel Boys. Like its predecessors, it was distributed by Entertainment One.

Plot[]

Doru, a child refugee from Syria, is separated from his father as he arrives in the United Kingdom. He is moved to Coventry by social worker Miss 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 Poppy 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 broach.

With nowhere to stay, Jerry and Doru end up staying with Barnaby, a lonely boy with rich parents who are often away. 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.

Cast[]

Simon Lipkin as Jerry Poppy
Craig Revel Horwood as Emmanuel Cavendish
Brian Bartle as Doru
Daniel Boys as Mr. Johnson
Helen George as Miss Shelly
Anna Chancellor as Clara Hargreaves
Hugh Dennis as Robert Hargreaves
Ramin Karimloo as Doru's Dad
Celia Imrie as Mrs. Keen
Ruth Jones as Farmer Beatie
Vincent Franklin as Lord Mayor
Meera Syal as Nina
Jessica Hynes as Angel Matthews
Simon Lowe as Rory B. Bellows
Jon Robyns

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]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Nativity Rocks! - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
^ "Nativity Rocks! review: ear-splitting proof that Mr Poppy and politics don't mix". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
^ "Nativity Rocks!". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

External links[]

Nativity Rocks! at IMDb

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[BOM-1] "Nativity Rocks! - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2019-06-15.

[telegraph-2] "Nativity Rocks! review: ear-splitting proof that Mr Poppy and politics don't mix". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-15.

[3] "Nativity Rocks!". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

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v t Work by Debbie Isitt
Films	(2000) Confetti (2006) Nativity (film series) Nativity! (2009) Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (2012) Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? (2014) Nativity Rocks! (2018)
Theatre	The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband (1993) Nasty Neighbours (1995) Matilda Liar! (1998) The Hundred and One Dalmatians (2000) Nativity! The Musical (2017)