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The Fighting Temptations
Advertising executive Darrin Hill loses his job and his girlfriend after his many lies about his background and education are discovered. Darrin then 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.
12 September 1957, Dallas, Texas, USA
11 July 1982, Yonkers, New York, USA
10 March 1969, Newark, Delaware, USA
24 September 1967, Washington, USA
December 28, 2010
Great music, mediocre plot and acting.
September 26, 2006
Although there are plenty of positive, feel-good elements to this movie, they are outweighed by missed opportunities to do something more valuable.
September 19, 2003
The only real question in this flaccid narrative ... is when everybody will stop talking and start singing again.
January 15, 2005
You might think this prodigal would learn to take responsibility for his lies ... or humbly accept the consequences of his crimes and change. Nope.
September 19, 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. But what music.
September 22, 2003
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.
September 19, 2003
The Fighting Temptations exists for its rousing gospel soundtrack, which is at times so good that you can forgive the movie its flaws.
September 19, 2003
May not be great cinema, but it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
June 14, 2009
The indifferent gospel music that permeates the movie never solidifies with the dramatic might that the genre is known for...
June 25, 2004
As a romantic comedy...neither exceptional nor groundbreaking. But as a musical, the movie bursts with foot-stomping, arm-swaying, finger-snapping gospel music.
September 24, 2003
You may not be dancing in the aisle, but at least you won't be tempted to flee the theater.
January 27, 2005
...the plot's stupid, the writing's bad, the acting is barely professional, but the movie isn't evil.
