Blu-rays, DVDs & more
eBay affliate link
Art of the Movies
Buy posters on MoviePoster.com
IMDb
The Fighting Temptations movie stills
Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes
Scott Von Doviak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com: You may not be dancing in the aisle, but at least you won't be tempted to flee the theater. Read more
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: Its musical sequences could make the most hardened atheist want to go to church. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: 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. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: The Fighting Temptations exists for its rousing gospel soundtrack, which is at times so good that you can forgive the movie its flaws. Read more
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: A delightful, surprisingly fresh comedy. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Implausible and predictable. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: That best supporting actor Oscar for Jerry Maguire is beginning to look more and more like a fluke. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: The Fighting Temptations is junk. Read more
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: A rousing, warmhearted comedy, as infectious as the gospel music it celebrates. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: From its exhilarating first scene -- set in a black Southern church -- The Fighting Temptations rocks Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: A good story sung by great voices. Read more
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly: Full-throated and good-hearted, yet tart and sharp in all the right places. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A lot more fun than you'd expect for an MTV-produced vehicle for pop diva Beyonce Knowles. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: It's like watching a familiar dance routine performed with expertise and grace. You know all the steps, but it still manages to surprise you. Read more
Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: [A] formulaic but infectiously happy comedy. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: A messy, sprawling family barbecue of a movie that barely gets by on salesmanship, energy and maybe more than a little chicanery. Read more
Bob Campbell, Newark Star-Ledger: When Gooding and Knowles appear together, they drain off energy like batteries hooked in reverse. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: 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. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The music is glorious. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The Fighting Temptations is one of those lightweight, breezy and predictable romantic comedies that is enjoyable precisely because it's so lightweight, breezy and predictable. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: 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. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: Temptations plays like a test case on whether there can be life after Boat Trip, a movie perched to pop up from the deeps at year's end to dominate 10-worst lists. Read more
Joshua Clover, Village Voice: There's some real gold within the 'hey, let's put on a show to save the church and along the way the soul of a decent man gone astray' by-the-bookster, if you can just strain out all the leaden Hollywoodisms. Read more