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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 18 Sep 2003

The musical sequences -- gospel infused with hip-hop -- are energetically performed, filmed and edited and the salvation of the movie -- a…

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By Steve Schneider (315) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 18 Sep 2003

The story is slapdash and most of the jokes are lame, but music by the Reverend Shirley Caesar and the Blind Boys of Alabama lends fleeting…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 18 Sep 2003

The only real question in this flaccid narrative ... is when everybody will stop talking and start singing again…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 18 Sep 2003

Has practically nothing to recommend it save its music: Take that away and Jonathan Lynn's movie is as ordinary as an unsold TV pilot episode…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 18 Sep 2003

I've looked forward to Cuba Gooding Jr. movies as eagerly as I anticipate SPAM, but The Fighting Temptations breaks his streak of crumminess…

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By Jerry Mccormick (20) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 18 Sep 2003

Can this career be saved? After watching The Fighting Temptations, you may feel that Cuba Gooding Jr.'s may not…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 18 Sep 2003

It's not graceful. It's not smart. But it's sweet and cute, and that will do until a real romantic comedy comes along…

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By Gene Seymour (406) for Newsday (2,345) on 18 Sep 2003

A messy, sprawling family barbecue of a movie that barely gets by on salesmanship, energy and maybe more than a little chicanery…

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By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 18 Sep 2003

When anyone opens their mouth to sing, it's good; when anyone opens their mouth to talk, it's bad…

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By Eric Harrison (215) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 18 Sep 2003

From its exhilarating first scene -- set in a black Southern church -- The Fighting Temptations rocks…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 18 Sep 2003

A bit more endurable than a Sunday morning service on a simmering Southern day in an un-air-conditioned church…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 18 Sep 2003

Some first-rate music in a third-rate movie…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 18 Sep 2003

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…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 18 Sep 2003

Could there really have been a black evangelical church in rural Georgia where half the congregation consisted of whites who stomped, flung…

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By Laine Ewen (28) for Premiere Magazine (318) on 18 Sep 2003

The film, directed by My Cousin Vinny's Jonathan Lynn, is a fun movie which proves to be worth a look and a listen…

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By Guylaine Cadorette (83) for Hollywood.com (1,014) on 18 Sep 2003

Assembled under the guidance of music-savvy producers such as Loretha Jones and Benny Medina, The Fighting Temptations ends up being surprisingly…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 18 Sep 2003

The worst thing is watching the manic Gooding ... continue on his career death-spiral…

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By James Hill (43) for BET.com (238) on 18 Sep 2003

In the end, Temptations is neither as funny as Barbershop or warm as Soul Food and actually works best as a soundtrack than a night at the movies…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 17 Sep 2003

Undemanding audiences may be willing to succumb to 'Temptations,' but the more discerning will easily be able to resist…

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By Alex Sandell (357) for Juicy Cerebellum (357) on 17 Sep 2003

No matter how many speakers they add, surround sound will never sound as good as [a live choir], and the Gospel has a much better plot [than…

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