| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Great soundtrack, great Beyoncé, but a lame Cuba Gooding Jr. gets in the movie's way." more... |
C+ |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"The Fighting Temptations is junk...but it's the sort of junk that may turn out to be a hit." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...it has its heart and its grin in the right places." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder |
"...a delightful, surprisingly fresh comedy." more... |
B |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Jack Garner |
"Where the film becomes special is in its performances..." more... |
B |
| E! Online |
"Like Snow Dogs with singing..." more... |
C |
filmcritic.com
Jesse Hassenger |
"...I couldn’t fend off the feeling that Gooding is the weakest link in his own vehicle." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden |
"The music carries the day in this familiar feel-good story." more... |
B |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"A hoot and a holler." more... |
B- |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"Mr. Gooding can be so irrepressibly bouncy that you want to swat him with a tennis racket..." more... |
D+ |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"The Fighting Temptations is a perfect example of a film that does one thing exceptionally well and another exceptionally poorly." more... |
C+ |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"The music is glorious..." more... |
B+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White |
"...a funky testament to the diversification of gospel music." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Mike Clark |
"How does a movie like this get made?" more... |
D+ |
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