Joyful Noise

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Joyful Noise

PG-13,

2012,

1h 57m,

Comedy/

Drama/

Musical

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33%

126 Reviews

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65%

25,000+ Ratings

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126 Reviews

65%

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25,000+ Ratings

Hard times have fallen on Pacashau, Ga., but the townspeople have faith that the Divinity Church Choir will lift their spirits by winning a national competition. The choir has always made beautiful music, but now, its two leading ladies have hit a sour note. Vi Rose believes that a traditional style is the key to victory, but G.G. thinks tried-and-true means tired-and-old. The two singers must find a harmonious chord or risk losing everything.

Critics Consensus

Joyful Noise's musical numbers are solidly entertaining, and it benefits from Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton's sizable chemistry; unfortunately, they aren't enough to make up for the rest of the film.

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Anna Smith

metro.co.uk

Aug 24, 2018

2/5

Joyful Noise comes alive in the performance scenes but the dramatic dialogue is so insipid that even good actors sound as though they're reading from a generic cut-and-paste script.

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Catherine Shoard

Guardian

Jun 28, 2012

3/5

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.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Jun 28, 2012

3/5

Actor-turned-director Todd Graff actually knows what he's doing.

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Glenn Dunks

Trespass

May 25, 2021

Sister Act meets Burlesque in the American south. As loglines go, Joyful Noise has a doozy.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 13, 2020

3.0/4.0

Parton also is quite game to poke fun of her long-standing history of plastic surgery.

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

Jul 11, 2020

D

An insane piece of modern cinema that makes me wish I did drugs. Lots of drugs. Hard drugs.

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Harry S

Mar 4, 2018

Love the Hallmark movie-like themes and the messages, but it dragged for me.

George R

Nov 18, 2017

11.18.17 Ending saved this flex because it was bad until then.

Anakin W

Aug 1, 2017

I'm not sure why I just now watched this, but it was pretty darn good! Not too shabby.

George M

May 16, 2015

Moving, but this saccharin musical is just a bit too preachy.

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Todd Graff

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Queen Latifah

Vi Rose Hill

Dolly Parton

G.G. Sparrow

Keke Palmer

Olivia Hill

Jeremy Jordan

Randy Garrity

Courtney B. Vance

Pastor Dale

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Synopsis

Hard times have fallen on Pacashau, Ga., but the townspeople have faith that the Divinity Church Choir will lift their spirits by winning a national competition. The choir has always made beautiful music, but now, its two leading ladies have hit a sour note. Vi Rose believes that a traditional style is the key to victory, but G.G. thinks tried-and-true means tired-and-old. The two singers must find a harmonious chord or risk losing everything.

Director: Todd Graff
Producer: Michael G. Nathanson, Joseph Farrell, Catherine Paura, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove
Screenwriter: Todd Graff
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Farrell Paura Productions, O.N.C. Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|A Sexual Reference)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 13, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.9M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital

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