Baby in a Manger

This movie has the worst acting by a male lead, Morton's, that I have ever seen. Unfortunately due to his poor acting it overshadows everything else and that is all you think about during the movie. I was going to stop it 10 mins in, but I let it play thinking surely that must have just been a bad scene and must get better, but his acting actually got worse. Now the blame is not 100% his, how did the casting, director and all the other roles involved not pick this up. Not for a split second did I at any stage feel engaged with the movie. People watch movies to be taken on a story, and the skills of the acting and direction / producing make you for that hour believe and feel captivated, unfortunately the bad acting of 1 member made it impossible to connect on any level with the story. This is unfortunate as the other actors were very good. Those giving this movie a 9 or 10 are definitely linked to it to improve the ratings

This is a great film about being there for others during the holidays. There are so many children in need and this film celebrates the kindness of strangers.

The concept could have been great!!!! But, incomplete story line coupled with very poor acting, a very unattractive female lead led to this being a terribly boring, dull and dragging story line.....its like they were just in a hurry to throw something together and it didn't matter if it was any good or not......For a story that should have been full of emotion, it really was dead......the only part I enjoyed was the ending....,the following Christmas, they are now a family, the homely actress has a baby on the way but thankfully has no lines and just family members arriving to their house......the ending was okay...long time dragging.....don't show this movie again......unless they redo it......with some acting and a much better looking female lead and a better chief.......and more EMOTION!!!

This could have been a good movie, but the actors' direction is so bad that the movie losses it credibility. Many times, we hear the baby crying while she is not. Monica Knox is good though, but Michael Morrone is very bad.

I'm taking my time to strongly urge that you don't waste yours on this movie. The storyline is very thin. While it could have been flushed out with better writing, nothing can fix the abysmal acting and lack of chemistry. I've watched hundreds of holiday movies, and I'm hard pressed to think of many that are this poor!

The story sounded like it had promise. A baby is suddenly left in a manger during a church production. It is unrealistic and goes down hill from that point on as they argue over jurisdiction though NOTHING that happens is based on real procedure.

I saw this movie on the network UP which often has good, unique movies. Sadly this is not one of them. With so many holiday movies to choose from each season there is simply no reason to waste your precious time on this one.