Nativity Rocks! is a 2018 comedy film and the fourth instalment of the Nativity film series by Debbie Isitt. It stars Simon Lipkin, Celia Imrie, Craig Revel Horwood, Helen George, Ruth Jones & Daniel Boys and Dave Tooth. Like its predecessors, it was distributed by Entertainment One. Plot Doru, a child refugee from Syria, is separated from his father as he arrives in the United Kingdom. He is moved to Coventry by social worker Miss Shelly and joins St Bernadette's Primary School, where he meets new teaching assistant Jerry Poppy, who assists him in his search for his father, amid another Christmas musical production for the school, led by impresario Emmanuel Cavendish. Jerry Poppy is immediately suspicious that Cavendish and he have met before, believing that his mother used to clean Cavendish's parents' house before Cavendish framed Jerry for stealing a brooch. With nowhere to stay, Jerry and Doru end up staying with Barnaby, a lonely boy with rich parents who are often away. After Jerry helps Barnaby decorate the house, he prompts Barnaby's mother Clara to start making more of an effort to be there for her son emotionally rather than just providing for him financially. Cavendish's auditions for the show initially go well, but when Cavendish starts trying to take all the major parts for himself, he is fired by the schools so they can do it themselves. Doru’s father goes looking for Doru, and after receiving £1 from a Shopkeeper, hitches a bus to Coventry. In an after credit’s scene, it is revealed that The Shopkeeper set the whole thing up. Cast Simon Lipkin as Jerry Poppy Craig Revel Horwood as Emmanuel Cavendish Brian Bartle as Doru Daniel Boys as Mr. Johnson Helen George as Miss Shelly Anna Chancellor as Sandra “Sandy” Hargreaves Hugh Dennis as Liam Hargreaves Ramin Karimloo as Doru's Dad Celia Imrie as Mrs. Keen Ruth Jones as Farmer Beatie Vincent Franklin as Lord Mayor Meera Syal as Nina Jessica Hynes as Angel Matthews Simon Lowe as Rory B. Bellows Jon Robyns Dave Tooth as Shropshire shopkeeper Reception The film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of based on reviews. When the film was released in the United Kingdom, it opened at #5, behind Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The Grinch, Bohemian Rhapsody and Robin Hood. See also 2018 in film List of British films of 2018 List of Christmas films References External links