Top billed cast

1. 

   Martin Freeman

   Paul Maddens

2. 

   Ashley Jensen

   Jennifer Lore

3. 

   Marc Wootton

   Mr. Poppy

4. 

   Pam Ferris

   Mrs. Bevan

5. 

   Jason Watkins

   Gordon Shakespeare

6. 

   Ricky Tomlinson

   Mayor

7. 

   Alan Carr

   The Critic

8. 

   John Sessions

   Mr. Lore

9. 

   Phyllis Logan

   Mrs. Lore

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2015-12-27

As warm and as enchanting as a Whisky Mac.

He's a failed actor, his girlfriend has left him and gone to make it big in America, and now, school teacher Paul Maddens has to direct the Nativity play. Worse still, after a little white bragging lie to an old rival, Maddens finds things escalating out of his control.

Ah, the Christmas movie, a piece of work aimed at a certain market at a certain time of year. Many movies of Christmas past have been excruciatingly bad, either by losing sight of the holiday heart, or by going for a different angle at a season which is meant to be jolly. In the ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• holiday
• school play
• woman director
• christmas