This is an exhilarating musical -- but it's dragged into Thumbs Down territory by a dreadful story that creaks along between the rousing gospel numbers. Richard Roeper,Ebert & Roeper
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09/19/2003 @ 12:00 AM
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. But what music. Geoff Pevere,Toronto Star
A messy, sprawling family barbecue of a movie that barely gets by on salesmanship, energy and maybe more than a little chicanery. Gene Seymour,Newsday
When Gooding and Knowles appear together, they drain off energy like batteries hooked in reverse. Bob Campbell,Newark Star-Ledger
A raucous gospel comedy that's as broad as co-star Beyonce Knowles' vowels and chockablock with foot-stomping, up-with-the-choir music that will have even atheists praising the Lord. Jack Mathews,New York Daily News
From its exhilarating first scene -- set in a black Southern church -- The Fighting Temptations rocks Eric Harrison,Houston Chronicle
A lot more fun than you'd expect for an MTV-produced vehicle for pop diva Beyonce Knowles. Liam Lacey,Globe and Mail
A good story sung by great voices. Michael Booth,Denver Post
The Fighting Temptations is 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. Roger Ebert,Chicago Sun-Times
The Fighting Temptations is junk. Ty Burr,Boston Globe
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09/18/2003 @ 12:00 AM
That best supporting actor Oscar for Jerry Maguire is beginning to look more and more like a fluke. Eleanor Ringel Gillespie,Atlanta Journal-Constitution