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Ham & Cheese (2004)
Not worth the few cents the DVD cost to press
I am ashamed to have to call this movie Canadian. It was a conglomeration of bad script, worse actors, and no humour at all. I only watched it (okay, truthfully I couldn't take it anymore and walked out with still 15 minutes left)because a couple of friends wanted to watch, and because there were a couple of "Kids in the Hall" alumni listed as main actors. By the way, my cohorts didn't find it funny, thought provoking or even mildly entertaining, either. I consider myself a huge fan of B movies (even some "C" movies), but I have never before watched a movie that I walked away from resenting the time wasted that could have been spent....I don't know....ripping my toenails out by the roots and enjoying it more.
The Nativity Story (2006)
Truthfully and Sympathetically Portrayed
I went to the premiere of The Nativity Story last night, and found it to be a moving and very real portrayal of the life and times of the era. The characters were believable, the script was true to the biblical story, with enough minor add-ins to flesh out the actors to make you believe that they were actually a young couple having a baby and scared like every other couple out there doing it for the first time, Son of God or not. Herod and his son were wonderfully creepy and paranoid and the other players did their supporting jobs very well to add depth, reality and feeling. If you like epic stories, this one doesn't have the flash and flair of some others that will remain nameless, but it is a lovely re-telling of what Christmas should be about.