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6.3/10
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A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations total
Steven Yeun
- Bo
- (voice)
Keegan-Michael Key
- Dave
- (voice)
Aidy Bryant
- Ruth
- (voice)
Gina Rodriguez
- Mary
- (voice)
Zachary Levi
- Joseph
- (voice)
Christopher Plummer
- Herod
- (voice)
Ving Rhames
- Thaddeus
- (voice)
Gabriel Iglesias
- Rufus
- (voice)
Kelly Clarkson
- Leah
- (voice)
Anthony Anderson
- Zach
- (voice)
Patricia Heaton
- Edith
- (voice)
Kris Kristofferson
- Old Donkey
- (voice)
Kristin Chenoweth
- Abby
- (voice)
Mariah Carey
- Rebecca
- (voice)
Oprah Winfrey
- Deborah
- (voice)
Tyler Perry
- Cyrus
- (voice)
Tracy Morgan
- Felix
- (voice)
Joel Osteen
- Caspar
- (voice)
Featured reviews
10novi2000
Just watched this with the kids, "The Star"
A really underrated movie about the journey Mother Mary had since the day The Angel visited her. It is funny, touching. The songs are great. It is a good movie to watch with the whole family this Christmas.
This movie made me appreciate Mother Mary even more while at the same time get the magical feeling about Jesus Christ birth 🤗🙏😇. Just watch it. It is in Netflix.
This movie made me appreciate Mother Mary even more while at the same time get the magical feeling about Jesus Christ birth 🤗🙏😇. Just watch it. It is in Netflix.
A Christmas story from the point of view of the animals! I can't speak for the cultural appropriateness of this angle, but once you get past the fresh premise, it's a decent retelling. This film focuses on the donkey and other animals but it does show the main points of the overall nativity story so you're not missing out on anything. Their adventure is genuine and heartfelt, just maybe more profane than sacred.
The oldest review is rather shameful...it's not indoctrination to tell kids the truth and Mary was a virgin, no need for the quotes. The movie's good and worth seeing. It's great that it got a theater release, considering the junk in Hollywood today. Also I don't agree that it trivializes the story at all.
8tavm
This was quite an entertaining take on the birth of Jesus as experienced by various animals done on computer animation to both humorous and dramatic effect. The traditional holiday songs are well done in scoring some of the picture. Of the celebrity voices, I noticed Tracy Morgan's from the first time I heard him, while my movie theatre-working friend also noticed Oprah Winfrey's. In summary, The Star is worthy of the tale it tells on film.
I saw a preview of this on utube and immediately made sure my grand babies went to see it. I guess I'll use the same word as previous reviewer who thought it was INDOCTRINATION. Yep, I guess I've wanted my kids/gk to be indoctrinated to Christmas being about Jesus. It's hard "fitting it in" with all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Was proud to be there with ALL 5 of them (ages 4-7) Animation was OK, not like Disney of course, but it kept the kids attention. It has some funny parts. It's all from the perspective of the animals, and it takes a while to get to where the star is leading. I hope the kids got it with the typical noise in a movie for children. But either way, I'm glad they can see a movie that tells the story of Jesus at Christmas time. Better than most of what is offered to them on TV and theatre these days!!
Did you know
- TriviaThe Star (2017) is produced by Affirm Films, a company under Sony that produces and distributes mainly conservative Christian films.
- GoofsWhen Bo gets Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem, he's spotted by the Miller, his old owner. The Miller ropes Bo and drags him off, not only with Mary and Joseph's bed rolls and clothes, but as Joseph said "I left the money with Bo". When the Miller drags Bo into the manger, Bo suddenly has nothing on his back, and it's never explained where where the stuff belonging to Mary and Joseph went.
- Crazy creditsDuring the credits, it is shown that Joseph buys Bo from the miller, and Bo helps him and Mary raise Jesus.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mariah Carey: The Star (2017)
- SoundtracksCarol of the Bells
Written by Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (as Mykola Leontovych) and Peter Wilhousky (as Peter J. Wilhousky)
Performed by Pentatonix
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,896,334
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,812,674
- Nov 19, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $63,581,694
- Runtime
- 1h 26m(86 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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