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| GOSPEL, THE (2005) - PG
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by Lew Irwin
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 Rob Hardy's The Gospel is attracting as much hell fire and damnation as it is hallelujahs. Ty Burr in the Boston Globe describes it as "a heartfelt but muddled melodrama about an R&B singer's crisis of faith and the church politics that ensnare him when he goes home to visit his dying father." Bob Townsend in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution dismisses it as "a preachy soap opera about Saturday night and Sunday morning." On the other hand, Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times calls it "rousing, affirmative entertainment." Steve Persall in the St. Petersburg Times writes that the movie offers "soap opera spirituality that won't have any problem pleasing the faithful." And Michael Wilmington in the Chicago Tribune concludes that The Gospel "may not surprise us, but it's a likable movie done with verve and style. |
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