The Nativity Story

Australian-born Whale Rider sensation and Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes stars opposite Oscar Isaac in Lords of Dogtown director Catherine Hardwicke's dramatic account of the Annunciation, and the arduous journey of Mary and Joseph to give birth to baby Jesus. House of Sand and Fog's Shohreh ...more

Catherine Hardwicke's two-feature directing career (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown) has consisted entirely of films about confused modern teenagers. So she was the credible choice to helm a period piece boasting a "fresh" perspective on Jesus Christ's mysteriously impregnated teenage mother? So goes the apparent logic behind The Nativity Story, a handsome but ultimately hollow staging of one of the lesser-visited periods of the Christian savior's life. There's a reason the immaculate conception and ...more