The Nativity Story: Pregnant Actor Too Much?

Why say such a thing? Maybe people should be more open-minded.

Give yourself the gift of a meaningful Christmas. I went to see this last night, opening night. As a recently baptized Christian, I will tell you that this was a most welcomed, meaningful and revolutionary movie for me. It centers around the mother of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
A superbly crafted and thoughtfully directed movie, it deserves a high rating. It is an unprecedented tribute to a woman who has been relegated to backdrop scenes. Finally, Mary gets to have a movie about her spiritual journey. In my own life, Mary was in the far distant background, giving her fleeting thought if I came across a Nativity scene at Christmas or if I heard the Beatles song, "Let It Be":
"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be."
It was made for a certain niche -- the ~200 million or so Americans who consider themselves Christians. Two years ago, I was not in this niche, being "spiritual, but not religious." Long story, short, it was Mary who pointed me to her Son, lead me on my own spiritual journey and caused a revolution in my heart, mind and soul.
Those who take the time to learn about her and her role do not, as I was mislead to believe, worship her. They simply respect and venerate her. Leading folks to her Son, as I learned, is her job. In this movie, her character is doing exactly that again for me and viewers who are called to see it.
Ever since she lead me home, Christmas has taken on such meaning as I never imagined. This year, I've started the season -- called the Advent season -- with a faith-based movie that allowed me to slide right into it in a beautiful, gentle and do I dare say, beatific way.
This movie experience is an exquisite gift for the heart and soul. Moreover, it is a feast for the eyes. I went past the inanimate objects of Nativity displays to a visually rich and "fleshed" out Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, shepherds, Magi and stable animals. The director of the movie, Catherine Hardwick, referred to a line in the script: "...the greatest of kings born in the most humble of places."
"Power," she says, "is not a physical power. It's not riches, it's not money, it's not control of governments and nations. It's a deeper power, spirituality."
At the end of the movie, the audience burst out in spontaneous applause. For each of us, Christmas is not at all about holiday parties, frenzied shopping and the trappings and physical accouterments. Now, THAT'S revolutionary.
When this comes out in DVD, it will be a part of our yearly Christmas tradition, reminding us what it is all about.
"Merry Christ-mas!" I hope you will make it meaningfully merrier by giving yourself this movie experience of the life of Mary.

Mary mother of Jesus is indeed a figure to be revered, but i hasten to stress that she is not the one to pray to. You can and should pray directly to the Son of God. Mary we love and cherish and appreciate, but she is not God, and not the way to God.

I say bless her heart;sorry,but she is playing Mary so honestly her pregnacy should be a plus.Now as far as the pope shunnning her;His word says judge not so shame on him.Now as far as the fact she wants to play Jesus' mother;Halleluyah,at least she wants to stay involved with Christ!!!

I saw the movie this past week, and I thought it was very good. I know that Mary was the mother of Jesus, but she is not to be worshipped as is her son. She was impregnated by the Holy Spirit because she found favor in Gods eyes. According to the scriptures, she was chosen long before she was born. She was from the house of David, as was her husband, Joseph. I believe every Christian should made an effort to see this movie. How else can we show Hollywood that we abhor the sex and violence and use of words that no decent person would allow to come from their mouth than to support such a movie.