"The Nativity Story": Story of Christ's birth is a little too calm - Seattle Times
 Pittsburgh Post Gazette | "The Nativity Story": Story of Christ's birth is a little too calm Seattle Times - By Moira Macdonald. It's hard to imagine much "Passion of the Christ"-style controversy swirling around "The Nativity Story" Catherine Hardwicke's gentle depiction of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus. 'Nativity Story' not a miraculous conception Highly Faithful to Scripture 'The Nativity Story' Lacks a Script |
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Today, we took our whole staff at Park Community Church in Chicago to see The Nativity Story, starring Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary and Oscar Isaac as Joseph. My instant review is that it is faithful to the Biblical story, given that there is not a lot of scriptural text to work with in making the film. I agreed with Peter Chattaway of Christianity Today who said ” Castle-Hughes was a bit of a blank”.
Overall, I felt the strongest character was Joseph, who faced a cultural uncomfortable situation, (pregnant fiancée), yet continually showed us that he would do the right thing and make the right decision, in leading and guiding his family. In this film, Joseph is freed to show us the struggles that he faced – no whitewashing of the strain he felt in his home village and the sense of betrayal by Mary. Yet he shows us a sense of humor on the journey.
I think this was brilliantly filmed in Morocco, Italy, Nazareth and France and served as an authentic story-telling of the Nativity story when the God of the universe stepped into our reality and allowed His son to be born of a human mother.
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