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Film
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  The Fighting Temptations cinematronic
  director

Jonathan Lynn

cast

Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé Knowles, Mike Epps, LaTanya Richardson, Steve Harvey, Wendell Pierce, Rue McClanahan, Melba Moore, Faith Evans, Shirley Caesar, Montell Jordan, Eddie Levert, Faizon Love, T-Bone, the Blind Boys of Alabama

year

2003

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  Jumbling a simple feel-good movie with a romantic comedy and a musical, "The Fighting Temptations" means well, but it's too willing to stoop to dumb jokes, too bound by its "heart-melting" formula, and too neutered when it comes to its romance. It wears thin fast, and anyone can see where it's going before its characters do. Darrin Hill, played by a shrill Cuba Gooding Jr., is a scam artist who fibbed his way to success at a New York ad agency. Found out, fired and facing bankruptcy, he pins his hopes for salvation on a large inheritance awaiting him in Georgia. Darrin's late aunt, a pillar of the community in their hometown, remembered her nephew in her will — with a catch. Darrin must start a local church choir, enter it in a state gospel competition and win the top prize, or he gets nothing. It happens that Darrin's boyhood crush Lilly grew up to become a silky-voiced jazz singer, played by delectable Beyoncé Knowles. Lilly could help the choir soar, unless it's grounded by a nasty biddy who's also after the inheritance. A few gags score, the supporting players are exuberant, and the gospel soundtrack is infectious. The film's undoing is its humdrum blueprint. With Mike Epps, Steve Harvey and LaTanya Richardson.  
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