Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?
Apparently the sh
itfest that was
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger wasn’t enough of a warning that such movies should never be made. Hopefully this will be. How people of the calibre of Jason Watkins, Catherine Tate and Martin Clunes got conned into acting in - sorry, being associated with is bad enough - this steaming pile of donkey s
hit is beyond me, but I hope to everything that is good and evil that they do not attempt a fourth. It’s just… beyond awful. Here, read, read!
Rotten Tomatoes ratings
Tomatometer: 16%
Audience Score: 37%
IMDB rating
3.5/10
There have been many recent films based around memory loss, but few that most adults will want to forget as quickly as Nativity 3. That’s Jeffrey McNab in
The Independent. No mercy either from
The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw:
This is one of those British family comedies that make you want to soil the Union flag with your own faeces in the cinema foyer before setting fire to it.
Come on dude! Say what you really think: don’t cloak it in innuendo and hyperbole!
Robbie Collin of
The Daily Telegraph had advice for how to forget the movie:
As soon as I left the cinema, I went looking for a donkey to kick me in the head.
If only the producers had been kicked instead.
Variety’s Guy Lodge agreed.
Even fans of the series are likely to deem this dopey "Donkey" a step down, with a surprising streak of unseasonal mean-spiritedness.
While Tara Brady of
The Irish Times wondered
How do I go about awarding the square root of negative one as a star rating? Is it just "i"? Or is there a special graphic?
Can’t help you there, Tara. What about audiences? Were there any? Just one who would comment, but it’s a good one:
Went in without knowing anything about previous two films or seeing reviews.Came out scarred for life, don't understand how such a truly awful film can get distributed. By a long way the worst "film" i've ever seen.Hiding underneath jacket didn't work, trying to fall asleep didn't work. Like a two hour episode of Gigglebiz without the jokes and budget. I can't say it enough but truly awful, if this is a "British" film then I don't want to be British anymore. No redeeming features whatsoever, no jokes, a few donkey farts and that's about it. I can't stop people from going, but don't say I didn't warn you!