Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

bethany-lewis So for all you miserable adults out there going "uh, I've wasted my money on this" well, perhaps you did, seeing as though you're 30 years old. This film is for children. For anyone aged between 4 and 12 really, though others will enjoy it too, unless your surname is Scrooge.Good music in it, great acting from Tennant, some funny moments. Yes, some of it was unrealistic and very silly, but most films are unrealistic. If you didn't enjoy this film in the SLIGHTEST, you obviously don't like Christmas much!Well worth a watch.

Neil Welch Mr Peterson comes to teach just before Christmas at a primary school, only to find himself and his class hijacked by an insane classroom assistant who takes them off to a televised Christmas song contest in Wales.Three years after Nativity!, this sequel reunites 3 of the cast - Pam Ferris as head teacher Mrs Bevan, Jascon Watkins as Mr Shakespeare, excessively competitive teacher from the rival posh school, and Marc Wootton as preposterous child-man Mr Poppy.As before, Mr Poppy's inability to apply anything approaching adult responsibility to any aspect of his life is what drives this film. Reality is miles away - on a different planet. Like Mr Poppy himself, the film is full of childish nonsense, and if you can't step back from adulthood and accept that as the basis on which the film is built, you are going to hate it.I had a similar experience here as before - I had forgotten how irritating Mr Poppy is, and that was my initial reaction. But, as I began to adjust my mindset, I started to pick up on the fact that he is a warm-hearted character (a complete lunatic, yes, but a kind, well-meaning one) and I was happy to go along with the essential daftness.David Tennant does his best with the different characters of twin brothers, and Jessica Hynes is great fun as a Welsh diva. The kids are, to be frank, not very good, and the end section (which is largely the concert) features a large number of cheesy Christmas songs which aren't as funny as they are intended to be. But it raised some chuckles nonetheless.

ihopetherespudding I saw this on Wednesday on a slightly sceptical note,having seen the Daily Mail's review for it but as I really liked the first one,I was willing to give it a go. Fortunately for me,the tickets were free so the only thing I wasted was time. Just as a summary, it was bad. How bad? Well,my sister had to revert to texting on her mobile,something she'd never do at a film. First of all,let me say the good things about this film. The first 20 minutes are fairly entertaining, the performances are decent enough and the songs aren't half bad albeit the fact that most of them are forgettable. Where this lacks is the charm and how much it drags. I hate films that drag and you end up questioning how long is the said film exactly. The last film to do that to me was Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2:Rodrick Rules. As for the charm aspect,there is little to no charm. Remember the little ginger kid and the one with the hat? Yeah,they're still in it but they've grown up slightly and have been replaced by a three year old and a chubby kid wearing a donkey outfit. And the ending drags and is also really predictable. So that's my review. Would I recommend it? Probably not but if you have little kids with you and have seen everything else, go see it. If not,there's plenty of newly released dvds to choose from. Just rent them and buy some popcorn.

FlashCallahan Having never seen the first movie, I had no idea what to expect. I had no I tension of seeing this, because the the trailer looked awful, but my daughter is in charge so I had no choice.And while it's not the best film going, and it's about fifteen minutes too long, it was diverting and mildly amusing at times.Tennent plays the new teacher, who carries around a half heart picture of his twin, and whose wife is heavily pregnant. When he arrives at the school, his class are already preparing for the song for Christmas competition, which Mr Poppy is eager to do....So the film is basically a mix of road trip, and the X factor, with a lot of cute kids singing pretty awful songs, but hey,it's a Christmas movie, so it's heart is in the right place.If you can get past the fact that a lot of the characters would get into trouble by the police for kidnapping, baby snatching, leaving kids behind and not giving it a second thought and several other crimes, it's quite endearing stuff.Tennent is good in his role, but he's playing second fiddle to the guy who plays Mr Poppy. And believe me, he's the marmite of acting, you either love him or hate him, and thankfully, I tolerated the idiot, because he had a heart of gold really.So all in all, it's predictable stuff, almost verging on pantomime in some instants, the ending is what you would expect, child birth in a stable in full view of children did surprise me though.But the fact that I enjoyed it more than I thought I would surprised me the most.A pleasant, totally inoffensive family movie, and those are rare....