49
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 58Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachThe whole movie is too predictable, its conflicts either forced or simplistic.
- 50L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonFormulaic but innocuous little movie's one clever moment, a sing-off between choirs standing on their respective church steps, trying to lure in Sunday-morning worshippers.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttCall this one "Brother Act." Instead of Whoopi Goldberg's Reno lounge singer in "Sister Act," Preaching to the Choir has a hip-hop star hiding out from a gangsta record producer in his estranged brother-minister's Harlem church.
- 50Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA religious feel-good message, first and foremost. As for drama, well, it's a distant second. For the right audience, however, this reversal of priorities will work just fine.