The Fighting Temptations (2003)

Running Time: 135 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2003

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Cuba Gooding Jr plays a New York executive down on his luck who finds out he's been left $150,000 by his aunt Sally. Returning to his hometown in Georgia, he discovers there's a catch - he has to create a gospel choir capable of winning the Gospel Explosion competition. Recruiting the town's one decent singer, he assembles a mish-mash of singers, including local convicts, and sets about getting them into shape. The conclusion of Jonathan Lynn's film is never in any doubt but Gooding Jr's role as the sophisticated fish-out-of-water executive is played with panache and the musical numbers punctuating the film are performed with suitable gusto.

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Cast

Nigel Washington		Little Darrin
Chloe Bailey		Little Lilly
Demetress Long		Church Usher
Ann Nesby		Aunt Sally Walker
Faith Evans		Maryann Hill
Melba Moore		Bessie Cooley
Rosalie Washington		Faye Jenkins
Ricky Dillard		Choir Director
Larry John Meyers		Homer T.
Shirley Caesar		Herself
LaTanya Richardson		Paulina Pritchett
Wendell Pierce		Reverend Lewis
Lou Myers		Homer T.
Cuba Gooding Jr.		Darrin Hill
Lourdes Benedicto		Rosa Lopez
Richie Dye		Private Investigator
Dakin Matthews		Mr. Fairchild
Wilbur Fitzgerald		L&G Representative
Daphne Duplaix		Tiffany
Joanie Fox		Waitress
Enoch King		Man Playing Poker
Jill Jane Clements		Train Attendant
Mike Epps		Lucius
Steve Harvey		Miles Smoke
Beyoncé Knowles		Lilly