Spoilers.This film was brilliant. I took all my 34 kids to see it, not one of them showed a dislike in the film. The show stopper was when the donkey started to dance. Hahaha,funny. I recommend this film to all families. Hoping for a 4th Nativity.

Lets get this straight - I went to see this film with 5 kids who are oddly-obsessed with Martin Clunes, and that's the only reason we went to see it. His name - and apparently overly-large ears - became a running joke amongst my 2 eldest boys (4 and 6 yr old boys) because my 14 yr old and 10 yr old nephews saw a sketch mocking his name once on Little Britain. That is the only reason we went to see the film. My boys didn't even know what he looked like.So off we went, along with my 6yr old niece, and i expected nothing.Given that i had a few good laughs myself, a short sleep about halfway through for 10 minutes, and got to hear all of the children laughing hard at various points in the movie, my expectation was exceeded - the ludicrous price of kids cinema tickets notwithstanding.It was probably a little too long for the 4 yr old, but he stood in the aisle and danced for about the last 15 minutes, so i can't have been bad, and he is still laughing at some of the jokes today.It isn't the greatest kids film but, imho, certainly isn't the worst - a few funny moments for parents (probably not quite enough, but then again, its a kids film) - and for once a British live action film...... so overall, i'm glad we went - and given that it was enjoyed by kids from 4-14, which i think has got to be a rarity - it was definitely a good way to spend 2.5 hours - perhaps a slight shame it wasn't half an hour shorter......

26 November 2015 Fiona's First Film of Choice at The Plaza Tonight - Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey?! Mr Poppy is Back!!!!! Fans of the Nativity films will not be disappointed. If you are expecting sanity and a nice Christmas film the. This film is not for you. It is insanity at it's very best and Martin Clunes has fit right in. Centred around a flash mob competition and a little girl's wish to get a new Mum for Christmas this third instalment takes us to New York where children run amok and Mr Poppy gets away with absolutely everything. It is so completely ridiculous that it completely works and has set me well on my way to Feeling that Christmas spirit.

Primary school classroom assistant Mr Poppy's Christmas problems involve taking the kids to win a flashmob contest in London in order to get to New York so that grumpy amnesiac Mr Shepherd can get to New York to marry fiancée Sophie despite the efforts of her ex-boyfriend Bradley Finch to throw a spanner in the works.Martin Clunes follows in the footsteps of Martin Freeman and David Tennant as the latest straight man to Marc Wootton's idiot child-man Mr Poppy (an individual who, in real life, would never be allowed within a mile of of a class of primary school children, all of whom display more maturity than he does. In this instalment, due to Mr Shepherd's amnesia (arising from being kicked in the head by the eponymous donkey), Mr Poppy actually has to exhibit a degree of responsibility, but don't worry, it's not significant.This film is pretty much par for the course. In between bright, colourful musical numbers – lots of them, none of them memorable or very well staged or performed – the rather silly plot unfolds, loose ends flapping in the breeze of the plentiful fart gags, to its eventual climax, yes, you guessed it, atop the Empire State Building (or, to be more precise, a large studio mock-up thereof), while stalwarts of British TV earn a few coppers in between sitcom series.This is not a good film, but neither were its two predecessors and they clearly found enough of an audience to justify this third entry.Having said that it is not a good film, I must go on to say that it is essentially good-hearted (albeit I would have liked to have seen the issue of swindling the posh kids out of their trip to New York addressed), and it is good natured. And there were two moments, one from Clunes and one from Lauren Hobbs (very good as his daughter Lauren) which got closer to moving me to tears than many other much "better" films.Plus, above everything else, Nativity 3 is aimed at kids, not adult. And I suspect that kids like jokes about farts and reindeer poo more than adults.