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CNS/USCCB (J. Mulderig) review
Los Angeles Times (K. Walsh) review
RogerEbert.com (S. Wloszczyna) review
AVClub (I. Vishnevetsky) review
The Star [2017] (directed by Timothy Rekart, screenplay by Carlos Kotkin, story by Simon Moore and Carlos Kotkin) is a cute star-studded film about Jesus' birth taken from the point of view of the animals in the story, notably from the POV of the donkey (voiced by Steven Yeun) on which the very pregnant Mary (voiced by Gina Rodriguez) rode to Bethlehem where she gave birth to Jesus. Also in the story are the camels (voiced by Tyler Perry, Tracy Morgan and Oprah Winfrey) who amusingly seem to more about what's going on than "the three kings" (voiced by Joel Osteen, Phil Morris and Fred Tatasciore) did ;-). There's also a lovable sheep (voiced by Aidy Bryant) who interestingly seems to "herd" everybody in the story "together."
I have to say that I LIKED THE STORY. Sure, it's kinda cutesy, but it's also aimed for FIVE YEAR OLD KIDS. In that regard, it's a lovely story. And I did appreciate that SO MANY STARS and from a truly _wide_ cross-section of American society took part in it.
All in all, though it's not going to win many awards, it never intended to. Instead, it tells the story of the birth of Jesus from a novel and interesting point of view and -- to kids ;-).
Good job! Very good job!
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