Great entertainment if you like attending Broadway shows! I laughed and cried and was engaged the whole time. I was delighted to see David Alan Grier as the Pastor and I feel like every single character excelled in their performance. I loved the choreography! I'm not a fan of Fantasia's music - she can SAAAANG, I just never liked her mainstream songs. In this movie, her style of singing (everyone's really) is different than what you are used to from them. Different in the best way possible. They stuck to the original storyline and characters but even though you know what's going to happen, the viewing experience was like going through all of those emotional highs and lows for the first time.