Jesus Film

The Nativity Story (2006)

I know this isn't exactly about Jesus himself, but it is from the gospels and  I believed it would be more interesting than some of the other movies in this genre.  This movie is largely from the perspective of the women in this story and how specifically Mary was challenged with carrying Jesus despite not yet being wed to Joseph.  I found the movie to depict a very trusting, intimate relationship between Mary and Joseph that brings to life our stereotypical perspective of the two simply following God's orders on a donkey to Bethlehem.  It was, from my knowledge, a very realistic presentation of a timeless story.  I thought it was interesting because of that, but it really wasn't any much greater than that.  The movie had a dusty filter through out it that kept the colors dull and warm, so it felt fairly stagnant cinematically.  The three wisemen/magi still felt very unrealistic to me, but they tried their best.

5/10