The Temptations
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Movie Reviews of The Temptations
Movie Review: One of the Only Movies that Makes me Cry...EVERYTIME
Summary: 5 Stars
Back in 1998 when this movie came out, I was lot younger and didn't really have an appreciation for great movies like this. I was in and out of the room, so I missed a great deal of it. One day when it aired on VH1, I finally sat down and watched it, and man was I mad that I had missed out on a phenomenal movie!! After that day, I've been hooked. I watch this movies faithfully once a week, and I have gotten my 9 year old niece hooked too. Whenever she comes to visit, we watch it at LEAST 3 or 4 times. And once you get hooked on the movie, you get hooked on the music as well. Between the two of us, we have at LEAST 15 Temptations cds. And not the new stuff, I'm talking about the original. Anything after the departure of Eddie Kendrcks and Paul Williams we don't listen to.The only thing that I did not like about this movie was how it was only told from one Tempts point of view, but of course that cannot be helped, so I can live with that. Not to sound fanatical, but I have fallen in love with the movie, and the actors portrayal of the Tempting 5. This was truly an allstar cast. I fell in love with Christian's soulful voice,dancing and smooth good looks, Terron's beautiful falsetto and boyish charm,Leon's brashness, badboy attitude, and fabulous voice,and D.B.'s engaging smile, booming bass, and beddroom eyes.True to the title I wrote, it makes me cry everytime I watch it.The Temptations influences a whole generation, and will keep doing so for many, many more. This movie is exceptional and I plan to watch it faithfully for a LOOOOONG time to come.Movie Review: Creating New Fans Now and Forever
Summary: 5 Stars
I am 26 years old, I didn't grow up in the 60's or early 70's when the Temptations were extremely popular. Honestly, before this movie, I thought the Temptations were a group for generations past, and was only familiar with very few of their songs, I first saw this movie about a year ago on VH1, and I fell in love with it. I immediatly looked in stores to see if I could find it on DVD, and I eventually found it, and After buying it, I was hooked. I must have watched it everyday for a month. I was so consumed with the story, the music,...This is a truly wonderful movie, I have become a huge fan of the Temptations, I've researched about the group and the members individually, I can't get enough info about these truly talented men. By the time you get towards the end of the movie, you feel like you are in the story yourself, it draws you in and makes you feel like you actually know these characters, and that they are a part of you and you feel the hurt and anguish when, for instance, Otis Williams loses his son, and when the various members of the group pass away, When you see Paul Williams, the once vibrant, idealist who was responsible for incorporating movement and choreography into the group's routine early on, became consumed by alchohol addiction and eventually leads to his suicide. You feel the emotions of of all the characters. The actors portraying the Temptations in the movie are exceptional! The True treasure of this film is Terron Brooks,-"Eddie Kendricks". See this movie! you won't regret it!Movie Review: an amazing movie
Summary: 5 Stars
i have to be honest i really wasn't all that interested in the movie,at first anyway...i first saw the movie while i was in the wonderful city of detroit, michigan... i went to hitsville, usa,(the motown museum), i found the location where paul williams shot himself, where david ruffin was buried, where all five the the classic five lived, and basically roamed their old stomping grounds. this was an amazing experience for me, probably the most interesting... during all of this chaos of me getting all exited about everything there is to see in detroit, i had the honor of speaking with one of david ruffin's children, david ruffin jr. well that topped it all off...this was all before i watched the movie, so of course i didn't know how truly amazing it was standing in studio a where they recorded until i watched the movie... i was bawling by the end, it was an amazing movie although it isn't all completely true, like on the new years scene al really sent paul to the hospital, and melvin really passed on in a hospital in los angeles, it was the best movie i've seen... so to all the actors who where in this movie, you really gave me a completely different look at motown, thank you otis, and everyone who produced the movie... and i have to say, Leon, you were wonderful in the five heart beats, little richard, i have watched your movies, you're an amazing actor and i hope to see you in more movies in the future...Movie Review: Fantastic Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I wasn't able to watch the movie when it aired on NBC. But I purchased the DVD a year ago and fell in love with the movie. Watching actor Leon portrayed David Ruffin's character was wonderful and somewhat spooky. He played that role to a tee. Leon sounded like David, had the same mannerism as David that it was so amazing.I was proud at the performances by all the actors in the movie. Even though she had a small part, I was proud of Rhonda Ross Kendrick who is Diana Ross' and Berry Gordy's daughter who played Maxine, Paul's wife, I was proud of her performance as well.
Sure there were inconsistencies in the movie. Yes, the producers of the movies should have let the audience, particularly the younger audiences know what happened to the lives of these wonderful, yet troubled men who made up the Tempting Temptations.
(...)want to know about all that, read Otis' book or do research for yourself. But other than that, the movie was excellent in my book. The choreography in this movie was OUTSTANDING. The music was fantastic and the costumes was fabulous.
I would recommend this movie wholeheartedly. Yes, in some ways this movie is factual as well as fictional, but it is still worth watching and it will make you go out and read the book and do your own research about this fantastic group who will always be the number one in my book.
Movie Review: Superb
Summary: 5 Stars
A fantastically well-written T.V mini seires that explores the troubled lives of each of The Temptations and their rise and fall on the music scene. The Temptations were one of Motowns hottest and most versatile acts with their carefully planned chorography on stage and their diverse ranmge of shimmering harmonies on record. An interesting aspect of the series early sequences are when they are first introduced to Motown Records and its fun to see portrayals of the great Motown legends such as Diana Ross, Martha Reeves, Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson. Interestingly enough Diana Ross' daughter, Rhonda Ross makes an apperance in the film playing the troubled Paul Williams wife. The sequences where the group are seen performing Papa Was A Rolling Stone and Paul Williams is about to shoot himself are moving and the funeral is sure to get a lump in your throat (where Smokey Robinson himself appears). The film also carefully chronicles David Ruffins fall from grace as he steadily declined into cocaine addiction andalso continually mentally and physically tortued his wife, Tammi Terrell. The ending sees the grop reunirted when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.The performances are excellent, the 60's ambience such as the nightclubs and drug culture are superbly evoked and the stage performances are mastered to perfection. Recommended.