Critic Reviews
53
Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
15(47%)
mixed
14(44%)
negative
3(9%)
Showing 32 Critic Reviews
83
Makes shameless use of tried-and-true elements -- but it's hardly the same old song.
80
The plot's a trifle, but so what. Director Lynn (My Cousin Vinny) stages a series of seamless, ebullient show-stoppers that encompass every musical style from gospel and soul to contemporary R&B and hip-hop, and the choreography ranks with anything you'll find on Broadway.
80
A rousing, warmhearted comedy, as infectious as the gospel music it celebrates.
75
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.
75
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.
75
A warm comic story that's fairly engaging even when no one is singing.
75
Breaks through as a delightful, surprisingly fresh comedy.
70
Formulaic but infectiously happy comedy.
70
This culture-clash romantic comedy, scripted by Elizabeth Hunter and Saladin K. Patterson, goes exactly where you'd expect, but helmer Lynn, a comedy vet, gets it there with such infectious energy that you don't much mind the story's predictability.
70
May not be great cinema, but it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
