The Fighting Temptations Critic Reviews

Makes shameless use of tried-and-true elements -- but it's hardly the same old song.Read the full review

A rousing, warmhearted comedy, as infectious as the gospel music it celebrates.Read the full review

Not brilliant and it has some clunky moments where we see the plot wheels grinding, but it has its heart and its grin in the right places. Read the full review

A warm comic story that's fairly engaging even when no one is singing. Read the full review

May not be great cinema, but it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Read the full review

This culture-clash romantic comedy, scripted by Elizabeth Hunter and Saladin K. Patterson, goes exactly where you'd expect, but helmer Lynn, a comedy vet, gets it there with such infectious energy that you don't much mind the story's predictability.Read the full review

The movie's musical sequences, which primarily feature popularized versions of gospel standards, are exhilarating and energetic. Unfortunately, that's only half the story, because the so-called dramatic material, which links together all the musical numbers, is mind-numbingly bad. Read the full review

Paper-thin plot serves as a pretext for rousing gospel numbers in The Fighting Temptations, which straddles styles and eras to get everybody's toes tapping.Read the full review

You have an overstuffed story line, sloppy filmmaking, a general thinness of conception (if you've seen "Sister Act," you've pretty much seen The Fighting Temptations), and a lead performance that starts out obnoxious and becomes actively grating. Read the full review