edjones-02306 Absolutely terrible. Makes the original Nativity look like Citizen Cane. None of the characters are likable, the story makes absolutely zero sense and is, put simply, not entertaining. Do not subject yourself or your family to this abomination, and do not support the lazy cash grab that is this movie.

anwenhayward This film is the haunting tale of a man who receives a traumatic brain injury and develops severe amnesia, losing his entire identity and becoming a hollow man, with nothing but a name to himself. Watch as a formerly intelligent, articulate man is reduced to babbling and bumbling around, becoming a grotesque parody of the jester figure; coerced into parading around in funny outfits, much to the amusement of his tormentors, unable to recognise what, exactly, is so funny as he struggles to remember the name of his own daughter or how to connect with his family and the woman he loves. With his mental faculties reduced, his ability to relate to his fellow man diminished, and his sense of self completely erased, the man is kidnapped by a learning disabled teaching assistant and must rely on the assistance of a group of neglected, displaced children to teach him about his own past and, perhaps, the true meaning of Christmas. But hey, there are some pretty nifty fart jokes.

richardbuckley-201-998858 Truly one of the worst children's films I have ever seen in a cinema, so badly put together, edited, scripted and acted etc... Just not fun in any form, would have rather watched paint dry...My 8 year old son got so bored he kept wanting to leave the cinema, but I persuaded him to stay a continue to watch for a little longer, but he so wanted to leave, so we left around 10-20 minutes before the end.He gave it 2 stars out of 10 at the most. A complete waste of time and money to go and see. How writers and directors get the money to produce such drivel is beyond me and make people pay to see it. Pity when good children's Christmas TV is produced in the UK from The incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm to Strange Hill High, and Mr Stink.

Neil Welch Primary school classroom assistant Mr Poppy's Christmas problems involve taking the kids to win a flashmob contest in London in order to get to New York so that grumpy amnesiac Mr Shepherd can get to New York to marry fiancée Sophie despite the efforts of her ex-boyfriend Bradley Finch to throw a spanner in the works.Martin Clunes follows in the footsteps of Martin Freeman and David Tennant as the latest straight man to Marc Wootton's idiot child-man Mr Poppy (an individual who, in real life, would never be allowed within a mile of of a class of primary school children, all of whom display more maturity than he does. In this instalment, due to Mr Shepherd's amnesia (arising from being kicked in the head by the eponymous donkey), Mr Poppy actually has to exhibit a degree of responsibility, but don't worry, it's not significant.This film is pretty much par for the course. In between bright, colourful musical numbers – lots of them, none of them memorable or very well staged or performed – the rather silly plot unfolds, loose ends flapping in the breeze of the plentiful fart gags, to its eventual climax, yes, you guessed it, atop the Empire State Building (or, to be more precise, a large studio mock-up thereof), while stalwarts of British TV earn a few coppers in between sitcom series.This is not a good film, but neither were its two predecessors and they clearly found enough of an audience to justify this third entry.Having said that it is not a good film, I must go on to say that it is essentially good-hearted (albeit I would have liked to have seen the issue of swindling the posh kids out of their trip to New York addressed), and it is good natured. And there were two moments, one from Clunes and one from Lauren Hobbs (very good as his daughter Lauren) which got closer to moving me to tears than many other much "better" films.Plus, above everything else, Nativity 3 is aimed at kids, not adult. And I suspect that kids like jokes about farts and reindeer poo more than adults.