3 Wise Men DVD is NOT a religious tale

A week or two back, I noticed a new Christmas DVD out there called "The 3 Wise Men (Los Reyes Magos)" which looked like a Christmas tale with a good religious message. After all, what could be better than telling the tale of the first men to recognize the significance of Christmas without an angelic choir? Well, according to Plugged In Online appearances can be decieving..

I hoped that, at the very least, the magi would arrive at the manger in a climactic scene of reverent awe that acknowledged the true reason for the season. No such luck. Handing off gifts is an afterthought. Squandering a chance to honor the One whose time-splitting entrance into humanity they exploit to sell this story, the filmmakers show about 20 seconds of the magi walking into a blinding glow as if they were Richard Dreyfuss boarding the alien mothership in Close Encounters. What about the receiver of those coveted gifts? We never see Jesus. No Mary and Joseph. No shepherds. And not a single word about the significance of the child. His birth has been reduced to a marketing hook. A spiritual bait-and-switch.

Buyer beware. If only Disney had learned the lessons of PRINCE OF EGYPT.