The Temptations
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Movie Reviews of The Temptations
Movie Review: TREMENDOUSLY ENTERTAINING & MOVING
Summary: 5 Stars
I'll make this brief. This is one of the best biographical
movies I've ever seen, on the large or small screen! Very well
written, engrossing, uplifting, sad, funny and just plain great.
All of the actors portraying the Tempts are fantastic, including
the "original five" and then Dennis Edwards, Richard Street, etc.
The musical numbers are very well performed and directed with
lots of verve. Some of the songs are the original recordings,
some are new recordings that sound very very much like the
real group. I was particularly moved by the actor who played
Melvin Franklin, who seemed like the real "softie" of the group.
He appears to have had a huge heart and a real spirit. Also
amazing was Leon as David Ruffin. Just a blazing performance.
But all of the guys were wonderful. If you are remotely inter-
ested in what we used to call Soul Music and its origins, I
highly recommend this colorful, engaging film. ONE NOTE: If
you saw this on TV and were concerned that some footage was cut
for the DVD, fear not. It is complete and in tact. The box
says "150 minutes", but it's actually around 175 minutes, just
short of 3 hours. ENJOY!
Movie Review: One of the Only Movies That Makes Me Cry..Everytime
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't even know where to begin. When this movie first aired I was younger and didn't really have the ability to truly appreciate this movie, so I was in and out of the room and missed alot of the movie.Then one day a couple of years later it aired on VH1 and I decided to sit down and watch it. I was so mad that I hadn't payed attention the first time!! This movie is phenomenal, it had me wishing that I was born back then so that I could have been at the actual concerts and meet the real Temptations. I too only have one grip: It was told from Otis's point of view so we might not know the ENTIRE story. But other than that, it it great. I fell in love with the whole cast and each of their portrayals of the Tempting 5. I now watch it faithfully at LEAST once a week. And true to this heading, it makes me cry everytime. I've even got my 9 year old niece hooked on it. Whenever she comes to visit me, we watch it at least 3 or 4 times.We've become so hooked that we went out and bought the Cds. Between the two of us, we have around 15 Temptations CDs. And not the new Tempts, the original ones. We also spend time looking up site dedicated to the Tempts to learn more about the group that influenced a whole generation...and still doing it to this day.Movie Review: The Best Movie Ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this movie a lot. I have to say that this has to be my all time favorite movie. The movie starts of by when the singers were known as Otis Williams and the Distants. Then they meet the Primes, which they later become a group called The Temptations. The Temptations is a group of five singers known as Al, Eddie Kendricks(cornbread),Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin(blue), Otis Williams, then David Ruffin joins the group and Al leaves the group. They recorded songs and then they got their huge hit My Girl, it was number one in the charts. They went to the Copa and later David Ruffin is fired. And replaced by Denis Edwards. They won a Grammy for their song Cloud 9. Then Paul records his last song Just My Imagination(Runnin' away with me). Later Eddie Kendricks leaves the group,and Paul kills himself. Then David and Eddie have huge hits on their own, and Motown had a reunion tour including Ruffin and Kendricks. David is later found dead, and Eddie dies of lung cancer, and Melvin also dies. Now the only one alive is Otis Williams.But The Temptations will always live forever in our hearts and our soul. "Temptations for ever".Movie Review: "Tall, Tan and Tempting" -- The Temptations
Summary: 5 Stars
As one reviewer stated, "have a box of tissues handy." Absolutely! I started crying at the beginning of the movie and could not stop. I have all of the Temptations' records since they were first released on "the Gordy Records label"--one of Motown's many labels. I love the little-known early songs that were not included in the movie like "Farewell My Love" and "Growing". I especially like the one that did not "chart," "I Want A Love I Can See." It got a lot of air play in Washington, DC in the early 1960s. The movie brought back a flood of memories for me which prompted the flow of tears. I was a freshman in college when their first songs came out and rejoiced along with the whole campus after "The Way You Do the Things You Do" hit number one in 1964! Great movie, great actors and "true to life" characterizations, like the scene where their bus had a flat tire in the south and they were thought to be the "freedom bus riders" from the civil rights movement. I highly recommend this movie for everyone who is a fan of the "Motown Family." I will treasure it always. TEMPTATIONS FOREVER!!!Movie Review: love this movie
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband was watching this movie one night and I had no interest in it. I liked the Temptations but wasn't interested in a movie where the actors weren't the real guys. WAS I WRONG! I LOVE THIS MOVIE! My husband and I have a DVD copy and we watch it all of the time and still watch the movie when it is on television. The actors are excellent and although we know not everything is exactly the way it was, we still love it anyway. I cried at the end the first time I heard Smokey singing at Melvin's funeral. It was done so well. Leon is awesome as David Ruffin, as are the other actors. Love the singing and the dancing, love the way it is narrated, love the actresses who play the moms and wives. I highly recommend this movie to all music lovers even if you are not a die hard Temptation fan. My husband and I are always quoting lines from the movie now and love listening to Temptation CDs even though we were too young to know them in their prime. Temptations Forever.