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Original title: Fighting Temptations, The
Release Date
• USA: Sep 19, 2003
• UK: 12 Dec 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 3, 2004
• R2: 3 Feb 2004
BoxOffice: $30.2M
Official Website:
The Fighting Temptations Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.
Running Time
2 hours, 3 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures, Handprint Entertainment, MTV Films
Studio Handprint Entertainment, MTV Films
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Other Titles
• The Fighting Temptations (2003)
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Genre: Comedy, Religion, Love, Prison, Farce
Tagline: Don't fight the feeling.
Plot: When slick-talking New York City advertising executive Darrin Fox travels back to his small hometown of Monte Carlo, Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt Sally left him, he finds he must fulfill her last wish before he can collect -- create a gospel choir and lead it to success. But with a town full of tin ears and a shortage of singers, Darrin is about ready to give up and head back to the city where he belongs...until he runs into Lilly. A beautiful nightclub singer with a voice that could rock the competition at the annual Gospel Explosion, Lilly is just the miracle Darrin is looking for...if he can persuade her to
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You know a movie's in trouble when one of the Golden Girls pops up. That's like finding a cancerous growth on the tip of your penis. How can you enjoy anything in life when that's staring you in the face every time you go to pee? You can't.  --B. Alan Orange (MovieWeb)
The Fighting Temptations is all about the music, and you'd have to be truly tone-deaf not to respond to its soaring harmonies and spirited spirituality. Hallelujah!  --Neil Smith (BBC Films)
Gooding is occasionally pretty bad and the film is both cliché-laden and far too long, but there are several laugh-out-loud lines and it’s worth seeing just to see Beyoncé perform ‘Fever’. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
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Faith Evans
Turn It Up, The 1998 Billboard Music Awards, Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits |
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All Dogs Go to Heaven, Def by Temptation, Flamingo Road | |
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Beyonce
Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Pink Panther, The Concert for New York City |
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Graffiti Bridge, MTV Icon: Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson: The Rhythm Nation Compilation | Terry Lewis
Poetic Justice, Graffiti Bridge, Purple Rain: Backstage Pass | |
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| Great as a musical, awful as a comedy. You'd be as well just buying the soundtrack. 5/10 --Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
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