Film

The Star

Director
Timothy Reckart
Certificate
U
Running Time
86 mins

Holy crap! Literally. It’s a faith-based kids’ animation about the Nativity, with a talking donkey taking the lead role in place of that little Baby Jebus chappie.

Apparently, this one recounts the previously untold story of how a bunch of loquacious comedy beasts became “the unsung heroes of the first Christmas”. Hey, that’s no more absurd than the other guff our religious friends would have us believe. The voice cast include Oprah Winfrey, Kris Kristofferson, Ving Rhames and Christopher Plummer (as King Herod, no less).

By robin askew, Tuesday, Nov 21 2017

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