Nativity! 2009 Full Movie

Nativity! Full Movie

Paul Maddens (Martin Freeman) is a miserable, jaded teacher at St. Bernadette’s, a local state-funded Catholic primary school in Coventry. He once had ambitions of being successful as an actor, producer, or director in musical theatre, but gave it up after negative reviews in the press. Mr. Maddens grew to hate Christmas after his girlfriend at drama school, Jennifer Lore (Ashley Jensen), broke up with him at Christmas time.

The Nativity Play Competition

Every year, St Bernadette’s competes with Oakmoor, the local posh Protestant private school, to see who can produce the best nativity play. The headteacher at St Bernadette’s, Patricia Bevan (Pam Ferris), tasks Mr. Maddens with running their nativity this year and assigns him a new classroom assistant named Desmond Poppy (Marc Wootton), who is actually Mrs. Bevan’s extremely childish, immature nephew searching for work.

A Spiralling Lie

While out shopping with Mr. Poppy for a new school Christmas tree, Mr. Maddens bumps into his old rival from drama school, Gordon Shakespeare (Jason Watkins), who runs the nativity plays at Oakmoor. Desperate not to be seen as a failure, Mr. Maddens lies to Mr. Shakespeare about how a supposed Hollywood producer, Jennifer, will be turning his production into a Hollywood film (although in reality, he hasn’t spoken to her in five years). Mr. Poppy overhears this and gets so excited that he spreads the story to the press. Mr. Maddens finds his lie spiralling out of control, and all he can do is go along with it as media attention mounts and the children get very excited.

The Show Must Go On

Amid continuing media attention and the Mayor (Ricky Tomlinson)’s kind offer to allow the play to be performed in the historical ruins of Coventry Cathedral, Mrs. Bevan discovers that the Hollywood story was a lie and cancels the play, advising Mr. Maddens to start looking for another job and firing Mr. Poppy in the process. This causes Mr. Maddens to snap at Mr. Poppy about everything going wrong, but when facing his disappointed class, he decides that the show must go on.

The play is performed at the cathedral to an audience of the children’s parents and family friends. The children, initially anxious but motivated and encouraged by Mr. Poppy’s childlike spirit and optimism, actually put on a decent performance, to the surprise of everyone involved. Halfway through, Mr. Shakespeare climbs on stage to tell everybody that there is nobody from Hollywood there and the entire story was a lie. Luckily, a helicopter flies over and Mr. Poppy declares that it’s Hollywood arriving; the show continues, and Jennifer and her boss, Mr. Parker (Clarke Peters) indeed appear at the back to watch. Mr. Maddens joins them and, still in love, kisses Jennifer. The play ends with everyone, including Mr. Shakespeare and Mrs. Bevan, who have a change of heart after seeing the children’s talents, united onstage to celebrate the children’s success.

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As the film closes, Mr. Maddens and Jennifer are shown decorating his house together for Christmas, reunited at last. Experience the heartwarming and entertaining journey of Nativity! Full Movie today and witness the magic of Christmas unfold on screen. Watch now and enjoy the festive cheer with your family and loved ones.