Joyful Noise (2012)

Powerful

One of my all time favorites.

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Fantastic!

I am so glad I bought this movie. I have probably seen this movie at least 3 or 4 times in my lifetime. The soundtrack for this movie is all over my Spotify playlists. My favorite song is the Higher Medley especially when they cover Yeah by Usher and change the words. That's probably the best thing about this movie, the way they have arranged current songs and incorporated others into their choir. The cast is amazing too: Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, just to name a few! Even with cast members who are less well known it is still amazing. I love how Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah play off of each other as G.G and Vi Rose. I also the relationship between Olivia and Randy. In addition, I love the family aspect. I especially love how they have a special needs character and that he finds his place as part of the band for the choir. Finally, I love how Commander Marcus Hill comes back to the family at the end. I thought the character Earla and her relationship problems was pretty cute too. TWO THUMBS WAY UP FOR JOYFUL NOISE!

One of the many good things about this film was that the race card was totally eliminated. It dealt with a rural choir in Georgia made up of all groups. Yes, the Queen Latifah role and Dolly Parton counter-part don't like each other, but race isn't the culprit here.This is basically the story of interpersonal relationships among the people in the choir. We have an assortment of characters we can all identify with- Parton's grandson, constantly in trouble, rebellious and yet having a good heart. Latifah, the strict mother covering the fact that her husband reenlisted in the army so as to get away from her, her rebellious, precocious daughter, who wants to set her mother straight. The scene where mom and daughter have it out was memorable.We have the general competition among choir groups for an award out in Los Angeles.The singing is great, the characters are lively and we can identify with what we're seeing. A beautiful film.

I'm 20 years old, I went with my house-mates to watch this. I'm an avid Dolly fan, the woman plays 10 different instruments and has that beautiful country soprano voice - I've loved her since I was a baby and in my eyes she can do no wrong. However I was worried this film wouldn't hit the mark, especially for my friends who weren't that bothered about Dolly or Latifah and were just watching this because the other choices were so unappealing. However...they absolutely loved them film, they laughed, cried, sang along and cheered...They absolutely loved it. It is a little cheesy at times, but not as much as you might think. By and large it's on the mark for comedy and the singing is beautiful. Give it a watch!!

I was disappointed. I love Dolly! And I'm a huge fan of Kris Kristofferson and Queen Latifah, but I am amazed that Kirk Franklin would have anything to do with this movie. It was a prime example of churches behaving humanistic-ally, filled with Christians behaving like the rest of the world...using bad language, dis-respecting authority,using the Lord's name in vain, lying, and having one-night stands. Brings to mind the the answer I saw recently from a sidewalk interview clip, where the interviewer asked a passersby if they knew any Christians, and they said yes, but the ones they knew behave like everybody else. The portrayal of Christians in this movie just helps keep that image going......Shame on y'all!