An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he contemplates suicide but his attempt is stalled by a voice from above who points out that King Herod is coming to town.
Direction
Ayoade's hyper-stylized 70s aesthetic in miniature
Writing
Berry's suicidal innkeeper ballad is devastatingly funny
Acting
The entire Garth Marenghi extended universe in one room
Director
Richard Ayoade
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Richard Ayoade's directorial debut, shot years before Submarine, and features nearly the entire Garth Marenghi's Darkplace cast reunion.
Part of a bizarre 2000s British tradition of comedians deconstructing the Nativity—see also The Nativity 2—but this remains the most aggressively niche entry, never officially released beyond its original Channel 4 screening.
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