The Fighting Temptations (2003)

The Fighting Temptations: Directed by Jonathan Lynn. With Nigel Washington, Chloe Bailey, Demetress Long, Ann Nesby. A New York advertising executive travels to a small Southern town to collect an inheritance but finds he must create a gospel choir and lead it to success before he can collect.

“This movie is a very sloppy one. The story is filled with some unlikely events and characters and the directing and especially editing is seriously flawed mostly. Still thanks to its music, this movie still has some entertainment value and also somewhat still works as a u0026#39;feel good movieu0026#39;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePerhaps the biggest problem with the movie is that the comedy and drama elements of the movie are not balanced out very well. At times the movie canu0026#39;t seem to decide whether it wants to be a comedy or a drama. A result of this is that most of the comedy feels out of place and seriously mistimed. The movie becomes never funny to watch because of this but the warm feel good atmosphere of the movie still somewhat compensates for this.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCuba Gooding Jr. seriously needs to start looking for another agent. I mean this is an Oscar winning actor but yet he appears in movies like u0026quot;Chill Factoru0026quot;, u0026quot;Pearl Harboru0026quot; and u0026quot;Boat Tripu0026quot;? I mean, whatu0026#39;s up with that? He deserves to play better roles in better movies. This movie is also one of those movies in which he feels out of place. I know he can play comical roles well but in this movie he just never gets enough opportunity to show this. As a matter of fact, none of the characters in the movie work out or feel deep enough. The movie seems to concentrate more (and too much) on its music than on its characters and story in general. I seriously donu0026#39;t think that Beyoncé Knowles is a bad actress but just like Cuba, her role isnu0026#39;t significant- and present enough in the movie. Rue McClanahan also somehow got mixed up in this mess.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt times it just totally feels like entire sequences in the movie are missing. Lots of moments in the movie feel rushed and are not satisfying enough. The movie is a real sloppy job. You canu0026#39;t just blame the script for this but also the filmmakers involved. Yes, itu0026#39;s a real mess of a movie at times, that too often takes the easy simple road.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut yet the movie still works good thanks to its music. It makes the movie very pleasant to watch and therefor the movie still works good as a simple feel good movie. But that obviously doesnu0026#39;t mean that the movie itself is also a good one. The movie is too flawed in its story and way of film-making to consider this movie a good or totally recommendable one.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere still is enough to enjoy in this movie but the sloppy way of film-making and storytelling donu0026#39;t make this movie really a recommendable one. Perhaps this movie is a typical case of u0026#39;watch at your own risku0026#39;…chances are you might end up loving- or totally hating it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e5/10u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ehttp://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/”