Boris Kodjoe,
Clifton Powell,
Idris Elba,
Nona Gaye,
Keshia Knight Pulliam
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Close friends become unexpected rivals as they struggle to keep their spiritual home alive in this musical drama from writer and director Rob Hardy. David (Michael J. Pagan) and Frank (Sean Nelson) ar... read more
DVD Release Date: January 3, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (529)
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December 26, 2008A good all around movie, About a Rap singer coming home to help his fathers church, meets a beautiful girl and changes his ways, for the girl or for the lord????? you decided. Put it in the collection
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March 5, 2008very awesome and inspiring and moving movie. PSALM 92:1- It is good to praise your name Lord and make music to your name, O most High.
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January 26, 2008i love the move, it show style, class, and what it is to truly, understand forgiveness,it shows a hear willing to change, i love it , i own it...
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July 16, 2007I heard a minister say when a person is blessed with musical talent they need to pray little harder that their gift be used for His glory. (Check this one out!)
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May 31, 2007I bumped into this movie, it was a great. I enjoy the music, acting was excellent. :-) six thumbs up
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May 14, 2007Another Tyler Perry movie, that is also funny, just more religious than his others, but still does have a good story-line to it...
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May 1, 2007This movie will have you looking at your life and make you want to change your life around for the better
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April 26, 2007A reworking of the story of the Prodigal Son. the Gospel has a fresh perspective on the stroy...it really is a GREAT movie! Very well directed and acted. I highly recommend this movie to everyone to everyone who appreciates music that celebrates life and faith and everyone who be... read more
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March 6, 2007You should see it because if you are not saved then go and watching it and it will help to change yo mind and yo heart also!
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January 16, 2007GOOD MOVIE,SINGING WAS EXCELLENT ACTING WAS GOOD VERY HEART WARMING AND A GREAT LESSON PUT GOD FIRST.
Critic Reviews
October 15, 2005
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
October 15, 2005
Bob Townsend, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When the music isn't pounding in sanctified syncopation, the look and the dialogue of The Gospel are a lot like what you might see and hear on daytime TV. Full Review
October 12, 2005
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
It's a rich portrait of a church in transition. Full Review
October 11, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
I loved the music and I admired its good intentions. But there are just too many sub-professional touches for me to recommend the film. Full Review
October 7, 2005
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
Voices soar in The Gospel, but the story drags. Full Review
October 7, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post
So doggedly positive that it amounts to a glossy version of a Sunday-school instructional film.
October 7, 2005
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
A sermon writ as large as a multiplex movie screen. Full Review
October 6, 2005
Laura Kern, New York Times
Endeavors to be a powerful tale of faith and forgiveness, but in the end fails to capture even the slightest essence of spirituality and religious belief, or to provide any real insight into its chara... Full Review
October 6, 2005
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
The Gospel is rousing, affirmative entertainment. Full Review
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