Movie · Comedy

Advertising executive Darrin Hill (Cuba Gooding Jr.) loses his job and his girlfriend after his many lies about his background and education are discovered. Soon after, he returns to his small Georgia hometown to collect an inheritance from his Aunt Sally (Ann Nesby). To receive it, he must lead the church choir to victory in a gospel competition. With the help of childhood friend Lilly (Beyoncé Knowles), now a beautiful singer, Darrin gets the choir ready to perform.

2003 · 2h 2m
Director Jonathan Lynn

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The Fighting Temptations

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Advertising executive Darrin Hill (Cuba Gooding Jr.) loses his job and his girlfriend after his many lies about his background and education are discovered. Soon after, he returns to his small Georgia hometown to collect an inheritance from his Aunt Sally (Ann Nesby). To receive it, he must lead the church choir to victory in a gospel competition. With the help of childhood friend Lilly (Beyoncé Knowles), now a beautiful singer, Darrin gets the choir ready to perform.

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Average 5.3
Reviews 108
Fresh 45
Rotten 63

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
2003
Run Time
2 hr 2 min
Rated
Pere/L
Region of Origin
United States
© 2003 Paramount Pictures

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Polish (Poland) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Dutch , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Latin America)

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.