The 3 controversial Christmas movies you can find streaming

A few days before Christmas, the rain of promotions for Christmas movies and related productions on streaming platforms has already begun, and since there are many romance, comedy or drama titles, here we are going to show you a list of controversial movies to get out of the routine, that is, those that have been the subject of discussion and give rise to opposing opinions for these holidays.

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Controversial Christmas movies

This film has been controversial because it shows a Mary afraid of being a mother, forcibly sent to a religious boarding school to prepare and with a certain power in her eyes to make Herod himself, who is played by Anthony Hopkins, fear. On social networks they have described it as blasphemous and not having consulted the scriptures for this.

The actress Noa has argued that she wanted to make a human woman, since it must be taken into account that María was still a teenager when she conceived her baby. It was directed by DJ Caruso, of “I'm Number Four” and “The Attic” and is available on Netflix

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“ROAD TO BETHLEHEM” (2023)

The Mexican Fiona Palomo plays a María who is not even sure about marrying José, because she wants to continue preparing herself before having that life. It is a musical directed by Adam Anders, composer of “The Age of Rock.”

The Spanish Antonio Banderas plays a Herod who may hate his son a little while they are doing a choreography. Joseph, furthermore, is almost the same age as Mary, something that is certainly never said in the original story, but it is assumed that he was already close to 40 years old when he was described as a mature man with a job, according to the indexes of the time. This movie is available on Max (HBO MAX) and Prime Video.

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“THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS” (2017)

It has nothing to do with the birth or life of Mary and Jesus, but it does show that the Christmas celebration is due to a writer from the mid-19th century. This film follows Charles Dickens who wrote “A Christmas Carol”, which supposedly brought the family together for the holidays. This film was directed by Bharat Nalluri and is available on Disney Plus.

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