The Star - REVIEW 

I'm a little surprised that you never noticed the idea of Joseph's skepticism. That's actually mentioned in the Bible. He was going to divorce Mary in the most discrete way that he could, but he was approached by an angel in a dream who told him that the child growing in Mary was from God.

"In the end, jesus is gonna be born", hey, at least put a spoiler warning!

In the actual Bible, Joseph not only thinks that he's being cheated on, but he resolves to divorce her quietly before the angel tells him not to.

I'll never get over the fact that you ranked Boss Baby over Lego Batman. At least it's in the top five

HOLEY MOLEY Mary and Joseph actually look Middle Eastern instead of refugees from an Aryan Supremacist recruitment poster. How'd that happen?

i have zero interest in actually watching this movie, but props to them for not whitewashing everything. I cannot count the amount of times I was shown a blonde-haired, blue eyed Mary growing up.

You never thought about Joesph thinking Mary had slept with other people? In the Bible it takes an angel coming down and vindicating Mary's story for him to believe she was still a virgin and agree to marry her.

Have you seen The Price of Egypt? It’s really good.

Hey I’m just here for my boi Steven Yeun.

Got to be honest, my biggest concerns about the movie were 1) first big-name animated movie to tackle a religious story since Prince of Egypt, so any fuck ups will be noticeable, and 2) it's following the fucking Emoji Movie, so there's that. Probably won't see it, but good to know it wasn't the dumpster fire I was expecting it to be.

In the bible, that was actually Joseph's reaction to finding out that Mary was pregnant. He planned to call off the marriage believing her to have cheated on him, but received a message from an angel in a dream reaffirming that she was carrying the son of God and telling him that she told the truth. He believed it then and stayed with her.

I'm catholic and I'm not offended by the movie. I haven't watched it but I can understand they're not being accurate. It's just to be cute and entertaining for Christian kids.

Again How is LEGO ninjago lower than rock dog AND the star?? Ik it’s your opinion but still Your opinion is certainly............different

I can't get into the movie at all, mainly because the main donkey character (whatever his name is) falls just enough into the Uncanny Valley. Is anyone else feeling that too? He just looks... off...

Points for accuracy: Mary and Joseph actually look kinda Jewish.

I am a Christian and I'm not at all offended by the movie I see it as a way to educate children of the birth of Jesus while keeping their attention Looking at the ads for the movie I thought it would be bland but I thought The Star was really funny (which says something since I don't normally laugh much at cartoons) and would recommend it even to people who aren't Christian

Man, Mary is fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

Joseph needed his very own angel visit to convince him to stay with Mary, and it somehow didn't occur to you that he might be a little skeptical? Lol

If I wanted to introduce a kid to The Nativity, I think I would pass on this. I'd rather show them The Little Drummer Boy or Nestor The Long Earred Christmas Donkey, or even The Small One. They're stories that don't focus entirely on The Nativity, but it still plays a big part in each story. The Star feels more like a cash grab than a genuinely charming Christmas movie.

Honestly, you kind of made me want to see this movie! It doesn't sound anywhere near as terrible as the concept made it look.

It bothers me that Steven Yeun plays the donkey and every time it talks I hear Keith from Voltron: Legendary Defender don't get me wrong I love Voltron and Keith is my favourite character and I really like Steven Yeun just don't want to hear that voice coming out of a donkey!

Nice to hear a more fair review. People seem to just trash it simply because it's religious. You admit it's not perfect, but not omitting its better qualities. As a Christian myself, I'm still on the fence. Generally from what I hear, it's more for kids which is fine. The last animated Christian film that got a theatrical release was Veggietales. I do hope this movie does well because I would like to see more made at better quality.

Lewtoons have you seen Tangled The Series

Nut job 2 is out on Blu-ray

Dare I ask if you're going to review Pokémon: I choose you?

All I can say is thank God (quite literally) this movie is flopping. It really sucks unfortunately. I’ll rather watch Veggietales again. Also Coco is a winner!

Nut Job 2 has been out on dvd did a couple weeks now

Haven't seen it said yet so... Mary's conception is the immaculate conception, not Jesus'. Common error though.

Manger = food trough. The story is that the manager served as his crib, not that he was born in one. Twice you use the word manger when you seem to mean stable. Mary did not crawl into the manager to give birth.

im addicted to these don't give 2 shits about most of these movies but lew's voice is so nice and soft keep em up

The donkey's face at 6:09 pretty much sums up my face when I saw the add. Even as a Christian, I don't think that this is too good.

"lovely friends over at Sony" Yeah right, it wasn't very lovely when they made the emoji movie!!!

I'm loving the reviews!

The virgin thing is actually brought up in the Bible Joseph was going to send Mary to live with her aunt before an angel told him not to

Nut job 2 is at redbox, so is leap

Joseph kind of adopted Mary though... He was quite old actually...

I recall seeing a musical play at SeaWorld around Christmas time with a similar story. Barn animals telling the story of Jesus' birth from their perspective and arguing who was the most important in the story. I actually liked both the play and this movie

Do you plan to review Hey Arnold The Jungle Movie?

You know, if I were Joseph, I’d probably be confused and doubtful too. I’m surprised though that Joseph didn’t do what most people during that time would do when they suspected a woman of cheating on her husband.

This is probably the closest I’ve ever seen to a GOOD review of this movie. It would be nice to finally get that for once.

So, is this just a high-budget version of Donkey Ollie? (Not that I've watched that, just seen the Say Goodnight Kevin Reviews of it)

The Small One, directed by Don Bluth, also focused on the donkey. Okay, the focus was more on the donkey's previous owner. But it's a good short.

Hmm. I’m Jewish....maybe I could check this movie out instead of the New Testament!

The Immaculate Conception is NOT the Virgin Birth. It's a concept in Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy that Mary was born without sin. While most Protestants believe in the Virgin Birth, they generally don't attribute any more importance to Mary than they might to, say, Abraham or John the Baptist, certainly don't believe she was sinless, and don't believe in the Immaculate Conception. Just thought I'd clear that up. Also, the New Testament made clear Joseph's skepticism over the circumstances surrounding Jesus' conception (Matthew 1:19).

I’m not even very religious, but my absolute favorite religious animations are Dreamwork’s “The Prince of Egypt” and Disney’s Christmas short “Small One”. 💕

Omg we had that old nativity vhs. Growing up, I always thought of it as the the second rate scooby doo.

My mom wanted to see this movie, and she's a devout Christian. She doesn't mind the whole animal idea. She thinks it's kind of cute, actually.

This will be nice for my mom who teaches Sunday School usually to 3rd graders I’m sure they’d love it

I love that Coco is the only movie on the list that's in more than one color.

The idea of this movie makes me think of "The Little Christmas Burrow", though this one seems to follow Mary and Joseph a lot more.

I think the "inaccuracies" should be handled similar to how parents handled Veggie Tales, it opened the conversation. Giant slushies were not thrown from the real wall of Jerhico, but no one cared, it was brought to attention and delt with fun and sillyness while still teaching the real story. It's a great way to get little one's attentions

ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW IS GABRIEL FROM SUPERNATURAL AND THAT ONE DRAWING OF HIM POINTING AND YELLING 'GIRL YOU PREGGERS" I NEED SLEEP.

I wonder if tumblr artists would pervert a bible story...🤔

I love you and your videos! Been following you for a few years now

Great insights!

This movie looks predictable and bland. I'm also not religious so the topic doesn't really appeal to me. This is definitely a skip for me.

I remember when I was little we had a photo where we dressed as Christian characters, I was Marry. And my “boyfriend” was Joseph lol

I'm ready for that conception scene, nawWhatImSayin

I'm just here to find out why Leo Valdez is in the thumbnail

I have seen the Hanna-Barbera cartoon you were showing clips before but it has been awhile and I didn't know Vincent Price was in it.

I loved this movie a really great movie cute and very done one of the best animated films of the year i did not find it unforgettable.

I still prefer the Simpsons version tbh.

Well, Joseph did have second thoughts about marrying Mary until Gabriel visited him too.

He is right about the movie being frustrating to Christians. It just kind of distracts from the whole point of Christmas. I think it could have been better as a film unrelated to the birth of Jesus

The only thing I did not like was the bad comedy. I saw it in an empty theater though its made $22million.

It doesn’t have to be accurate to enjoy it, epically as a Christian

2:20 Lookie, Hanna-Barbera's bible videos (The Greatest Adventure, Rob Paulsen voiced the hardly-PC comic relief) 3:07 Voice of Vincent Price

Merry Christmas everybody!

I would like to see an animated film about the book of Revelation despite it being a really really hard story to interpret in movie from. That and also being really dark.

I work at a movie theater and this is the only movie not doing that well right now, but cynical atheist I'm kinda happy about that

Since you are in LA, i'm surprised you don't take advantage of the small indie releases. GKids usually starts their releases in LA and New York so you should take advantage of them.

I thought at first watching this movie was weird then it got good. The ending was the best part of the movie. People who say the dove was twerking in the movie they are wrong he was just being silly shaking his butt.

I know it's not technically a theater movie, but can you PLEASE do a review on the new "Hey Arnold! The jungle movie"? I'd really love to know your thoughts on it!(if you've watched the cartoon series, of course)

We watched it at school before Christmas

So..it's pretty much 'Nestor the Long Earred Christmas Donkey'?

theyre doing a new version of ferdinand the bull who liked to sit under the tree and smell flowers? i liked the wb version. didnt read the book.

Yay! Christmas time! (But I don't really care for religious films, so I'm not going to be seeing this film.)

I personally thought the movie was pretty cute. My nephew loved it and was hooked. I'm a Christan and thought it was super great!

I don't know.... It may be a good movie, but other Christians may be offended or insulted by the attempt to cash in on a comedic spin on the Nativity Story.

I'm curious, would you include movies with the Rodger Rabbit Effect in your "Every Animated Movie" reviews?

I'm looking at your list, and I feel it must be revisioned. Here, I'll do it for you. (Looking at them all objectively with 0 bias) 1. Coco 2. Lego Batman Movie 3. Cars 3 4. Lego Ninjago Movie 5. Captain Underpants 6. MLP Movie 7. Smurfs The Lost Village 8. The Boss Baby 9. Despicable Me 3 10. The Star 11. Rock Dog 12. The Emoji Movie (Some can be interchangeable)

this isn't the first time the nativity story has been told with talking animals, as long as it's nothing outright offensive I'm sure it's pretty much harmless

wait... does this mean skellingbones is going to make you watch 'donkey ollie' now?

The nativity is a lovely piece of fiction.

The footage from the older animated Nativity story was made by Hanna-Barbera. Not bootleg at all.

So what you're telling me is... This is basically Donkey Ollie but better?

It looks cute. I wanna see it

You should do a video on why all action shows are moving to Netflix.

Hi Lew ♡

meh I'm not offended by this, and I am a serious beleiver, but then i'm also a firm beleiver that part of being Created in Gods image means we were created to create.

Well I’m not a Christian, but I’m watching this

I'm a little peeved that Sony has no more ideas for good animations and that they took it so far to take a biblical story and made it about the animals. This isn't like the other remakes that stay on the same actions. But this is just my Christian opinion.

Does The Jungle Movie qualify for a review for the list?

Apostolic here, so I can't speak for Christians, but I think the concept-- that being the perspective of the donkey-- is pretty cute. I imagine a lot of Christians will be pretty down for this movie too. I wouldn't even consider this sacrilegious in any way, and at least Mary and Joseph aren't portrayed as white this time around, like at least the depictions are accurate. I don't think God would be too angry at this movie-- He has to have a sense of humor... otherwise I don't think I would even exist.

lol their was a youtube add of "the star" before this video on my part

even though it's mundane, the story of the birth of Jesus is popular because it's the birth of Jesus

Hey Lewtoons, are you going to review Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold Jungle Movie? I feel like it at least deserves attention...it's certainly not a good sign for the other animated IPs Nick wants to revive (badly produced overall)

Will you be doing the animated movie awards show this year?

Rankin-Bass did it first with Nestor the Long Eared Donkey, the animal POV story isn’t new.

Any chance you’ll be reviewing Spark a space tail?