“What would be fantastic is a cut-down featuring nothing but the music and the fantastic one liners Dolly and Queen Latifah throw at each other. In other words a trailer.”
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Todd Graff
Screenwriter: Todd Graff
Starring: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance, Jeremy Jordan, Kris Kristofferson
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Description: The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting on the Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. The choir has always known how to sing in harmony, but the discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill (Latifah), stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the fiery G.G. Sparrow (Parton) thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old. Shaking things up even more is the arrival of G.G.’s rebellious grandson, Randy (Jeremy Jordan). Randy has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi Rose’s beautiful and talented daughter, Olivia (Keke Palmer), and the sparks between the two teenagers are causing even more friction between G.G. and Vi Rose. If these two strong-willed women can put aside their differences for the good of the people in their town, they–and their choir–may make the most joyful noise of all.
EN 5 Second Review: This is a tough movie to review as there are parts of it that are fantastic, (mostly the music) but its not a great movie otherwise. If you want to feel good and don’t mind the mindless plot. What would be fantastic is a cut-down featuring nothing but the music and the fantastic one liners Dolly and Queen Latifah throw at each other. In other words a trailer.
Trailer:
Clip: G. G. Sparrow (Dolly Parton) dances in the moonlight.
Feature: The Power of Music
Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer and Queen Latifah discuss the message of their musical movie.
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