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The Nativity Story

A retelling of the classic Christmas story, detailing the relationship between Mary, Joseph, and the birth of the baby Jesus. Set at a brutal time in Palestine, Mary finds herself pregnant and in an arranged marriage with a man she hardly knows. Together they have to make a 100 mile trip to Bethlehem, where they are forced to take shelter in a stable. There, she gives birth.

100 minutes, Parental Guidance
Drama, Family.

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Credits
Cast	Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend
Director	Catherine Hardwicke
Screenplay	Mike Rich
Music	Mychael Danna
Cinematography	Elliot Davis
Editing	Robert K. Lambert, Stuart Levy
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2006
Produced by	New Line Cinema
SA Distributor	Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Fairly strong historical violence, mild impact.
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	None
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Adjusted CAP Report (USA) (-50 to 50)
Wanton Violence / Crime	-16
Impudence / Hate	50
Sexual Immorality	50
Drugs / Alcohol	50
Offence to God	43
Murder / Suicide	43
Final score	37
Influence density	0.24
Min - Max	-66

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerJeanne Hugo	15
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	10
The Good WeekendKirk Honeycutt	10
iAfrica.comGideon Nieuwoudt	13
Mail & GuardianShaun de Waal	12
The CitizenBruce Dennill	14
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	10
International Media
eye Weekly (Canada)Liz Clayton	5
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	10
ScreenIt (USA)	10
Internet (IMDB)693 Netizens	12

Average .. 55%	10

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