New Joyful Noise movie list

New movie list Joyful Noise 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 heat between G.G. and Vi Rose. -- (C) Official Site Release Date Joyful Noise Jan 13, 2012 Wide
Actors For Joyful Noise
Queen Latifah,Dolly Parton,Keke Palmer,Jeremy Jordan#58128,Courtney B. Vance,Dexter Darden,Kris Kristofferson,Jesse L. Martin,Kirk Franklin,Angela Grovey,Andy Karl,Dequina Moore,Paul Woolfolk,Francis Jue,Roy Huang,Judd Derek Lormand,Karen Peck and New River,Ivan Kelley Jr.,David Dwyer,Stevie Ray Dallimore
Genres Joyful Noise : Comedy
User Ranting Joyful Noise : 3.7
User Percentage For Joyful Noise : 66 %
User Count Like for Joyful Noise : 25,621
All Critics Ranting For Joyful Noise : 4.7
All Critics Count For Joyful Noise : 116
All Critics Percentage For Joyful Noise : 34 %
Review For Joyful Noise
A big wet holiday smooch from an overbearing aunt...you grimace. You stand there and take it. And you grin afterwards. Roger Moore-McClatchy-Tribune News Service "Joyful Noise" is a sort of Wal-Mart movie, not exactly trendsetting but a decent enough offering for the heartland. Colin Covert-Minneapolis Star Tribune You'll find yourself rolling your eyes, but you'll have more fun if you try to roll them in time with the rollicking numbers. David Edelstein-New York Magazine Has the good fortune of being acted with enthusiasm by a very appealing cast, or else it would be completely unbearable instead of just mundane. Eric D. Snider-Film.com This movie is a cloying, over-the-top, cheesy sing-a-long that makes "Glee" seem subtle. Richard Roeper-Richard Roeper.com [It] bears almost all the liabilities one gets from current studio product, including bloating. Glenn Kenny-MSN Movies If you've the slightest aversion to camp, you should obviously steer a million miles clear. But then this film was never for you. -Film4 Disarmingly heart-warming in its musical prowess and lazy in its storytelling development, hoping that the former - plus the big names - will attract a large enough crowd to keep it buoyant at the box office. Lisa Giles-Keddie-Real.com Even numbers by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson take on a religious note. Not much of a God-given screenplay, however. -This is London Corny and contrived, this provides both leading ladies with sweet ballads and tart one-liners and at least they resisted the temptation to set it all at Christmas. Allan Hunter-Daily Express Larger than life and twice as loud, Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton trade snappy one-liners and spirited musical numbers in Joyful Noise, an enjoyably corny musical comedy about a gospel choir seeking to uplift a depressed Southern town. Jason Best-Movie Talk In the end, it's impossible to resist the film's exuberant high spirits. Christopher Tookey-Daily Mail [UK] Todd Graff's film sags badly in the middle and is clunky with social context (recession, Asperger's), but there's enough good heart to see you through. Catherine Shoard-Guardian [UK] Actor-turned-director Todd Graff actually knows what he's doing. Tim Robey-Daily Telegraph As manufactured, saccharine and unsubtle as Parton, but who's to mess with a winning formula? Bethany Rutter-Little White Lies [A] mostly sweet-natured rehash of 'Sister Act 2' by way of 'Glee'... Guy Lodge-Time Out It's let down by a meandering, unfocussed script, some poor direction and a handful of missed opportunities. Matthew Turner-ViewLondon Only when the script takes a back seat to song does the the film live up to its title. Michael Dequina-TheMovieReport.com Overlong and mind-numbingly generic, Joyful Noise promises home-cooked charm but leaves a taste worse than day-old grits. Shaun Munro-What Culture Hard as it tries to be harmless feel-good fodder, its notion that one character's Asperger's can be cured by a hearty sing-song makes it a more offensive musical than Team America ever dared. Owen Nicholls-Total Film If only writer-director Graff had injected the film with half as much earthy energy as he puts into the terrific musical numbers. And let the cast out of the box. Rich Cline-Shadows on the Wall A movie about a gospel music competition should be fun and inspiring; Joyful Noise is lumbering and dull. Mike McGranaghan-Aisle Seat For me, the syrupy, melodramatic story line, with its wholly unbelievable characters, got in the way of any sort of enjoyment. (Blu-ray Combo edition) John J. Puccio-Movie Metropolis ...painfully clichéd, its humor almost nonexistent, its sentimental 'ahhh' moments forced. Its music is the only thing to keep it afloat, and I didn't find it enough. John J. Puccio-Movie Metropolis A join-the-dots parade of feel-good clichés. And not in a good way. William Thomas-Empire Magazine