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Movie Overview
Cast
Clifton Powell
Boris Kodjoe
Nona Gaye
Director
Rob Hardy
MPAA Rating
PG - thematic elements including suggestive material, and mild language
The Gospel (2005)
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OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten
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B-
"
The Gospel
already has a built-in audience, and I imagine that they'll be pretty satisfied with this musical/drama."
FromTheBalcony
Bill Clark
""Wesley say and it shall be," pronounces Wesley (Omar Gooding) in The Gospel."
PopMatters
Cynthia Fuchs
1.5/4
"A banal, artless, cliché-ridden fiction."
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
2/4
"If the choppy screenplay could have been tightly scripted, there would have been something more convincing to forcefully sing about regarding this divine but disjointed ditty"
Movie Eye
Frank Ochieng
2/4
"Nothing more or less than a secular retelling of the Biblical parable of the prodigal son."
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Maitland McDonagh
3/4
"An appealing and entertaining package that makes up for whatever it lacks in perfectly polished sheen in exuberance and passion for its subject and message."
Mr. Brown's Movies
Michael Dequina
B
"While the script and editing are flawed,
The Gospel
is still an evening’s entertainment with heart and soul."
BlackFilm.com
Wilson Morales
2/4
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