Black Nativity

2013

Action / Drama / Family / Music / Musical

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 51% · 87 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 4.8/10 10 2477 2.5K

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Plot summary

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

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Kasi Lemmons

Top cast

Michelle Robinson Photo
Michelle Robinson as On-Set Choir Member
Henry Hunter Hall Photo
Henry Hunter Hall as Snoopy
Angela Bassett Photo
Angela Bassett as Aretha Cobbs
William Powell Photo
William Powell as Church Band Drummer
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
755.66 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 3
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jordondave-28085 5 / 10

Like something one might find in the Hallmark channel

(2013) Black Navity FAMILY MUSICAL DRAMALangston(Jacob Latimore) finds out that both him and his single mother, Naimi (Jennifer Hudson) are going to be evicted from their apartment in Baltimore. She then orders him to stay with her estranged grandparents, Cornell Cobbs (Forest Whittaker) and his wife Aretha (Angela Bassett) he never knew he had living in the Bronx. Misunderstandings, misconceptions as well as revelations arise as movie progresses.If you like Hallmark family films then this film is for you, but for the rest of us, i like something that is more challenging than listening to life lessons.
Reviewed by r96sk 6 / 10

Just average

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.
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