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Maybe I missed this but does Cuba not realize that Beyonce and her son are in the exact same position that he and his mom were? I was expecting him to finally open up to Beyonce and explain this or for that to come back in some big way but from what I recall he never mentions it. In fact he's such a liar I'm not even sure if his mom is really dead or not.

What does the title mean? I thought maybe the family's last name was going to be Temptation. ETA: I know the choir name, but WHY

This movie felt like a first draft. They had all the right ideas for a generic saved by the church movie but they just ran with their placeholder ideas. His big idea was try to market malt liquor to a new clientele? Wow. What a novel idea. I get that creating a fictional business plan is difficult to sound feasible in a movie but jeez this is low level.

Yeah, I feel like this should have been with central thematic base for the whole film, but it's hardly ever brought up, if at all. This damn thing was over two hours long, but something that could have provided some actual emotional resonance was totally excised, or never even addressed. And the whole monologue that Cuba give about malt liquor in the board meeting has been a criticism of that industry for decades, and is a valid one, but seems really out of place in the middle of this one. This should have been its own the movie, not shoe-horned into a musical about small town church choirs.

Also, happy birthday, Cameron H.

Thank You!

Beyonce was 4 when Cuba left town. I think Cuba was supposed to be a bit older - maybe 10?

Btw, happy birthday @Cameron H.!

Yeah. Were we supposed to find Cuba likeable? At first, I thought he was supposed to be a savvy businessman who just needed the right opportunity but he is kind of dumb and a jerk. Also, are Beyonce and Cuba supposed to be the same age? Because lol definitely not.

By divine right, we watched:

In my 15 years as a theater manager when I could have gotten my dad into ANY movie for free, my dad came to see two movies. Passion Of The Christ and this. He paid to see Fighting Temptations instead of using my discount.

I haven’t finished watching yet (sorry), but when the two kids are on the steps of the church at the beginning, and Lil Cuba asks her to marry him (or whatever) I was still like, “That little boy is far too old for that little girl.” It’s cute if they’re both 3. It’s weird when the boy is seven and the girl is still a toddler.

Paul, I would like you to take June to see this movie and then record her immediately after. Don't tell her anything beforehand. You're welcome for a brilliant podcast idea. Serenity has the Wackiest Ending of 2019 and We're Only a Month In.

That makes more sense. I watched this over two days and couldn't remember how young they were supposed to be. Cuba is still at least a decade older than Beyonce but it's better than I thought.

I feel like as of late there's been a lot of misunderstanding of how we all talk to each other on the boards. Paul inferred something similar during the Snow White conversation over on the Unspooled side of the forums and he said that we all didn't want it on the list because it's problematic now and I was like wait what? No one even talked about the problematic side of the film???

I take umbrage to the idea we were fighting on the message boards. As far as I could see it was business as usual. There was a lot of discussion about baseball that I didn't understand but I don't think that got particularly heated? Am I missing something?

Oh, make no mistake, I am THERE for shirtless volleyball. All day every day. It's the blatant, yet somehow unspoken, homoeroticism that makes the mortal terror so potent!

this industry we call showbiz

I’ve been waiting for this movie for a while. It’s a perfect HDTGM option.

This "film", aka promotional video for mcconaughey's butt/supporters of preteen murder-porn, is the most WTF movie since whatever M. Knight genocide was allowed to be conceived. Every day that passes without an episode devoted to it is as equal a travesty as whatever nationality portrayed by Gerard Butler is forced upon society.

Rivers Edge is indeed strange but it’s a Thank God This Got Made. It’s based on a true story and features incredible performances by Crispin Glover and Dennis Hopper. As it was Keanu’s first major role, it will never be lost to time. In fact, the cast is uniformly awesome: Ione Skye, Roxanne Zal, Daniel Roebuck and the little brother from Teen Witch!!

This HAS to be done! June is requesting a gymnastics movie! And mitch is just so dreamy with the Swayze-esc hair!

For those in the Uk The film is being released on cinema and on same day the sky store. You know what other film was released on cinema and same day Sky store? Dragon Blade.