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Synopsis: This Christmas, primary school teacher Paul Maddens is charged with producing the school's nativity play. Competing against the posh rival school for the honor of best reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when Paul idly boasts that his ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood Producer, is coming to see his show with a view to turning it into a film. The only trouble is - they haven't spoken in years. With eccentric assistant Mr Poppy fuelling his 'little white lie', Maddens suddenly finds himself a local celebrity and at the center of quarreling parents and over-excited children desperate in their bid for fame and fortune. Maddens' only hope is to get back in touch with Jennifer and lure Hollywood to town so that everybody's Christmas wishes come true.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): Debbie Isitt
Production: Freestyle Digital Media
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
46%
PG
Year:
2009
105 min
11,655 Views


will be in detention for the entire term.

- (Bell rings)

- Sit down!

- (Children shouting)

- Stripy scarf, whose is this?

(Shouting and laughter)

- Mr Poppy! Come in now, Mr Poppy.

- l've been tigged.

Come in now.

Get inside, please. l've told you before!

- Poppy! Poppy! Poppy!

- Children, please, go away.

- Poppy! Poppy!

- Just carry on playing.

Mr Poppy! Mr Poppy!

Mr Poppy!

Shh-chh-chh!

- Furzz-oop.

- l just wanted to check something.

Can l just say l've really enjoyed

today, thank you very much.

You're welcome.

- You haven't done this before.

- l've done stuff like it.

- Classroom assistant?

- No.

l just wanted to check that.

l'll see you tomorrow at 08.15?

- Do you want a sausage sizzler?

- Sorry?

Young's, the newsagent

by Fiveheads Road,

they do these sausages with tomato

ketchup in a roll with a sausage.

They're 1 .50. Do you want to share

one and we could hang out at the park?

l'll introduce you to Tom, Stinky Tom.

He's funny.

l'm a bit busy. l shan't be doing that

tonight. Thank you.

See you later.

Fzz-shwoosh!

(Can't you see it's gonna be

A merry, merry Christmas

(A merry, merry Christmas

For all good girls and boys... (

(Dog whines)

Come here, baby. Hello.

Ooh! Right on me kippers. Ooh!

Cracker! Cracker, you hardly know me!

Cracker! Cracker!

Where are you going, you mental dog?

(Hums a tune)

Cracker... (ln Nazareth...

Or... (ln Nazareth...

l think low. Bark for high.

- (Barks)

- Bark for low.

- (Whines)

- Suit yourself.

Cracker.

Cracker. Cracker, come here.

(Thud)

Help me, Mr Maddens!

This man is an idiot.

He's an actual village idiot.

lf this was a village,

he would be the idiot.

He's not a classroom assistant.

He's an absolute calamitous fool.

- He'll be a big help with the play.

- The play that l don't care about?

The play that brings the children away

from learning to read, write and count?

Whoopee. l've got a big oaf helping

my children to fail. Thanks a lot.

- This is getting a bit personal.

- Who's that?

- Who's what?

- What's that?

That's a photograph

of me and Mr Poppy.

- Why?

- He is my sister's son.

Mm-hm.

(Sighs)

Mr Poppy!

Sit down, please. Sit down.

Be quiet! Sit down now!

Why is Mr Maddens

such a grumpy grocks?

His girlfriend left him at Christmas time.

- Where's his girlfriend now?

- ln America.

America, how cool is that?

lt is cool,

but it is a long way away from here.

Can we keep it down over there,

please?

- Bagsy drive the van.

- l've got the keys.

- Nothing overrules the rules of bagsy.

- Don't...

- Mr Poppy, l'm insured to drive the van.

- Auntie Pat said l could drive.

- Can you drive?

- Yeah. Come on, jump in.

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Debbie Isitt

Debbie Isitt (born 7 February 1966 in Birmingham, England) is a comic writer, film director and performer. more…

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