A troubled teen gets to the bottom of his splintered family in Kasi Lemmons’ Black Nativity. An unusual and sometimes uncomfortable blend of music, melodrama, and spiritually symbolic recounting, Black Nativity seesaws giddily in merit throughout. There are Oscar winners doing some fine performing and quite a bit of emotional warbling, but the combination of dramatic singing with the occasional purple prose doesn’t always make for peaceful coexistence, and the film as a whole doesn’t quite seem worthy of its many admirable pieces.
Studio: Fox
Distributed By: N/A
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA, Spanish 5.1 DD, French 5.1 DD
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Rating: PG
Run Time: 1 Hr. 33 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray, DVD, UltraViolet
keep case in a slipcoverDisc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
Release Date: 04/15/2014
MSRP: $39.99
The Production Rating: 3.5/5
Video Rating: 5/5 3D Rating: NA
Audio Rating: 4/5
Special Features Rating: 3/5
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
Reviewed By: Matt Hough
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