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Fighting Temptations
FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS
Cuba Gooding Junior plays the role of arrogant, proud youngster well in this drama based around one deceitful yuppie who is told in a will that he has to lead a small church ragtag choir to the regional competition in order to receive his portion of the inheritence from a dead aunt. Like you’d expect, along the way he falls in love and learns some valuable lessons, albeit with some comical hard knocks. There’s some real memorable gems here, including: “There she goes again! It wouldn’t be a normal Sunday if Faye didn’t get slain in the Spirit...” and a rebuke of, “You can’t lie!” rebutted with, “But we’re in advertising!” There’s at least one case of the humor probably going too far: A church sign reads: “Today’s sermon: Tithing – Pouring Some on the Curb for Your Dead Homie, Jesus.” While an interesting parallel to tithing, referring to the Resurrected Christ as dead leaves a little to be desired here. But the movie does succeed in encapsulating the Gospel message perfectly in one of the songs the choir delivers at regionals: “I ain’t good enough, but He still loves me...” [PARAMOUNT | DV]
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