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The Star
MEANRANK
61/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #562
- IMDb #480
- Google retired #248
- Rotten Tomatoes #382
- Metacritic #385
- Letterboxd #620
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #447
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #295
- Metacritic Critics #361
- Metacritic Audience #351
- AlloCiné #283
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 42, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 44, everyone else 66.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A small but brave donkey named Bo yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. He escapes and teams up with a dove and other stable animals. Together, they become unlikely heroes on a journey that leads them to Bethlehem, where they find themselves playing a key role in the first Christmas and protecting a very special newborn family.
Details
- Director
- Timothy Reckart
- Writers
- Carlos Kotkin, Simon Moore
- Released
- 15 November 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $63.6M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →2 wins from 6 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Best Original Song | "The Star" | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2017 | Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Louie del Carmen | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2017 | Best Editorial in an Animated Feature Production | Pamela Ziegenhagen | Nominee |
| Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2017 | Best Music Supervision for Film: Budgeted Under 25 Million Dollars | Spring Aspers and Ron Fair | Nominee |
| Heartland Film Festival 2017 2017 | Truly Moving Picture Award | Timothy Reckart | Winner |
| MovieGuide Awards 2017 | Epiphany Prize for Inspiring Movies | "The Star" | Winner |
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6 awards — The Star
×| Best Original Song | "The Star" | Nominee |
| Truly Moving Picture Award | Timothy Reckart | Winner |
| Epiphany Prize for Inspiring Movies | "The Star" | Winner |
| Best Editorial in an Animated Feature Production | Pamela Ziegenhagen | Nominee |
| Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Louie del Carmen | Nominee |
| Best Music Supervision for Film: Budgeted Under 25 Million Dollars | Spring Aspers and Ron Fair | Nominee |