The Star (2017)

""The Star" delivers a fresh take on a story that its Christian target audience presumably knows by heart, emphasising such qualities as faith, friendship and teamwork in the process."

"Unless you have tiny, religious children, it's probably best to avoid it."

"It's reasonably lively, and not impious (if you ask me), but set against the best cartoons, it's not the greatest story ever told."

"Delivers ... a preachy, bland and fastidiously inoffensive kind of ersatz fun - a little like those knock-off Christian video games from the early 1990s that mimicked existing hits, but which made you pray for people instead of shoot them."

"Some future shelf life in seminaries seems likely, but as festive treats for kids go, it's like asking for a selection box and being force fed communion wafers instead."

"A Biblical variant on Ice Age..."

"The Christmas Story told from a donkey's perspective makes for a fun filled, heart-warming animated movie. Surprisingly good."

"While the movie never soars or burns especially bright, it delivers a modicum of magic without getting pious or gushy."