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Preacher's Kid

Preacher's Kid

Drama · Family · Music · 2010

Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show.

Movie details

Preacher's Kid

2010 Drama · Family · Music 1h 50m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.0 / 10

932 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

67 %

Tomatometer

TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

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Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Preacher's Kid?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Stan Foster

Written by

Stan Foster

LeToya Luckett

LeToya Luckett

Angie

Tank

Tank

Devlin Mitchell

Clifton Powell

Clifton Powell

Ike

Gregory Alan Williams

Gregory Alan Williams

Bishop King

Sharif Atkins

Sharif Atkins

Wynton

Ella Joyce

Ella Joyce

Sister Watkins

Essence Atkins

Essence Atkins

Peaches

Court is in session

Put Preacher's Kid on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.