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'The Gospel': Soul-stirring music is its saving grace
by Bob Townsend

"The Gospel" is a preachy soap opera about Saturday night and Sunday morning. The movie's melodramatic musings about the line between the secular and the sacred are set to a soul-stirring soundtrack, produced by contemporary gospel superstar Kirk Franklin, and featuring performances by the likes of Donnie McClurkin, Yolanda Adams and Delores "Mom" Winans. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
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.

FILM FACTS ...

Screen Gems

'The Gospel'

Director: Rob Hardy
Starring: Boris Kodjoe, Idris Elba, Nona Gaye, Clifton Powell, Aloma Wright
Run time: 103 minutes
Release date: Oct. 7, 2005
Rating: PG for thematic elements including suggestive material and mild language.
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On the web
Official movie site
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Trailers require Quicktime

READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C
"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."