Joyful Noise (2012)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

The Worst Film Ever

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Fresh and Exciting

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!

At first, I wondered why this movie did not come out as a TV movie ... I mean, seriously, one of the main stars dies at the beginning ... which made me expect the rest of the movie to suffer the same fate. Me, and my assumptions, got a pretty nice surprise ... the movie took me higher as the minutes ticked by! Except for those times that I wanted to slap Queen Latifah upside her nappy head! Granted, its an old story, but the perfect cast gave this movie a whole new spin on the life of a feel good movie ... which was the reason movies were created in the first place, to take us away from our daily drudgeries, to lift us up and let us soar out of the theaters on a wave of exhilaration that washes away all of our troubles, even if only for just one evening.The down points are few ... but are worth noting as they tell us that even within a choir there are cat fights, back stabbings, and downright hatred for one's fellow man/woman ... which I did not pay the price of admission to see. I just don't believe that anyone whom supposedly loves God so much would result to downright slander and pettiness, as in the part that Queen Latifah plays against the part Dolly Parton plays. How does a person go from singing like an angel to scratching at someone with bared claws. However, I will say that some of the best acting in the whole movie is pulled out of Queen Latifah ... any entertainer would be proud as all heck to be chosen to be a part of anything that Queenie is a part of! Getting to Dolly Parton ... the woman is a walking miracle ... but some of the hairdos she wore in this movie were about a oogly as oogly can get! Dolly's fans want to see the glamorous Dolly with soft tresses ... not heavy metal spikes!!!!! One thing Dolly would have to admit to is that she, all too often, listens to the opinions of the wrong people! Afteral, it was those same people that destroyed a promising musical variety show on its first night on television ... and she knows it just as well as we do! I think Dolly needs to get rid of a few of her "Yes Men" and seek out the advice of someone that thinks more about her success and less about her money and (I'm gaga for anyone that's famous) fame! Please Dolly, cease the claymation look and go back to being the Dolly we all love! Your fans are not into your earthiness ... we're into the woman that celebrates being a woman on a daily basis ... and has a heart of gold! As for the rest of the cast ... perfection! The scripting between the other members of the choir is superb ... as are their stories that bring the entire story to such a climactic pinnacle of success in the final reel. I will say that I just can't get enough of seeing that part of the movie ... it definitely takes me gloriously "higher" than I've felt in a long time! And Angela Grovey is just that ... a total groove! This is a woman that should be seen a lot more, and a lot more often! As would her sidekick, in the movie, Dequina Moore ... the two make a great team. Oh, and lets not forget Andy Karl ... totally hot in this films last reel. Between him and Jeremy Jordan, the screen was often steaming with their individual sinaliciousness! Memorable Lines ..."God didn't make plastic surgeons so they could starve!" Dolly Parton."Tap it and die!" Angela Grovey."You read the bible to reminisce!" Queen Latifah.My favorite song in the movie is sung by Queen Latifah ... "Fix me." We should all be asking for that miracle. So, keep this movie close to your DVD player ... for when you really need to be lifted up ... higher!

My review of the Joyful Noise Movie: Every single solitary, gimmicky, tired, old, wore-out, overdone movie cliché that's ever been used in any contrived, family-targeted movie in the history of cinema... and yet, the music was solid, the characters given some genuinely funny material to work with, and therefore there are worse ways to spend 90 minutes of your life. It was fantastic to hear new material from one of my favorite vocalists and lyricists, Dolly Parton... but it was worth the ticket price alone, to see Dolly "poppin' and lockin' for Jesus!" ...and I am personally convinced, beyond the shadow of any doubt, that Dolly Parton was manufactured by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.~ <3

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!!