I'm in Love with a Church Girl 2013

Sara Stewart, New York Post: This overlong drama plays like a threefold infomercial: for Christianity, the cheesy resort chain Sandals and Jeff "Ja Rule" Atkins, the rapper-turned-actor playing drug kingpin Miles Montego. Read more

Scott Foundas, Variety: Even having God on the production team can't save this 'Church Girl' from its heavy-handed sermonizing. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: Despite appealing performances and glossy production values, this faith-based drama has the feel of a lengthy church sermon. Read more

Annlee Ellingson, Los Angeles Times: Suffers from the same ills as too many movies that preach to the choir: a laborious length, formulaic plot and dialogue and, disappointing for a film that stars a rapper, a stock score. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: There is no reason a film with an agenda can't also be engaging or thought-provoking. But what we have here is not so much a movie as a blunt Sunday sermon. Read more

Miriam Bale, New York Times: A message film with the narrative sophistication of a recruiting pamphlet. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: In narrative and aesthetic terms, there's something unholy about its mixture of inane cliches, shallow music-video glossiness, and incessant preaching. Read more

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: We're apparently supposed to root for these two to make it, although Vanessa is outlandishly jealous and pushy. Read more