Tyler Perry’s The Gospel of Christmas review – Netflix unloads more slapdash festive fare

Netflix’s *The Gospel of Christmas*, directed by Tyler Perry, follows secular musician Isaac as he is pushed into ministry to revive a struggling church. The review finds that clumsy direction and slapdash production undermine the festive story, though the film’s gospel performances give it energy.

Durrell Babbs, known as Tank, plays Isaac, with Fantasia Barrino Taylor as his wife and Chanté Moore as his former partner; gospel figures CeCe Winans, Fred Hammond and Shirley Caesar also appear. The 103-minute film’s musical direction by Kirk Franklin helps chart Isaac’s shift from bar performer to gospel showman, while the reviewer criticises its effects, sets and hasty storytelling.