Rotten
The soapy, cliche-ridden script aside, the picture is a technical mess of awkward framing and choppy editing that puts a dispiriting damper on all that uplifting music.
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
A young singer turns his back on God and his father's church when tragedy strikes. He returns years later to find the once powerful congregation in disarray. With his childhood nemesis creating a "new vision" for the church, he is forced to deal with family turmoil, career suicide, and relationship issues that send him on a collision course with redemption or destruction
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
32%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Bob Townsend, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh
It's a rich portrait of a church in transition.
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
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.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Voices soar in The Gospel, but the story drags.
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
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