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Black Nativity

Black Nativity

5,2 /10 (65 Votes)
2013 EN 93 min

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.

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Release date

27/11/2013

Votes

65

Popularity

1.5

The Musical Event of the Holiday Season

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

93 min

Budget

$17,500,000

Revenue

$7,018,189

Original Soundtrack

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r96sk

r96sk

2021-05-02

⭐ 6

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 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…

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