On the One (2005)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Charles Randolph-Wright

Writers (WGA):

Monica Lengyel Karlson (story)
Kevin Heffernan (screenplay) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical

Tagline:

A righteous comedy with a divinely inspired beat.

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	...	Bull Sharky
Tichina Arnold	...	Desiree
Rosa Arredondo	...	Rachel
Denise Burse	...	Sister Marcie
Rev. Eugene Callendar	...	Elderly Reverend
Maya Days	...	Shana
Jane Fergus	...	TV reporter
Peter J. Fernandez	...	Booker Lee
Dennis Funny	...	Himself
Craig muMs Grant	...	Sharif (as muMs da Schemer)
Billoah Greene	...	Teshawn Tucker / Zulunatic
Janine Green	...	Kia
Kevin Heffernan	...	Amish Man
Marva Hicks	...	Cora Lee
Joe James	...	Choir member
Eric Jenkins	...	Dancer
Marc Damon Johnson	...	Chester
Ron C. Jones	...	Pug
Eartha Kitt	...	Ms. Nettie
Patti LaBelle	...	Sister Jasmine
Jessica Leccia	...	Groupie
Jeremy Maleek Leggett	...	Young Teshawn
Adriane Lenox	...	Sister Emma
Norm Lewis	...	Rev. Tucker
Jonathan Lopez	...	Willie
A.B. Lugo	...	Gospel Challenge Choirmember
Julito McCullum	...	Ball player
Novella Nelson	...	Aunt June
Chandler Parker	...	Shitface
Richard Perello	...	Tourist
Tuffy Questell	...	Stumpy
Jimmy Randolf	...	Rev. Curtis
Tim Reid	...	Prophet
Mitch Roberson	...	Choir Member
Roger Robinson	...	Butter
Darien Sills-Evans	...	Wesley Tucker
Derek Jamaar Taylor	...	Young Wesley

Also Known As:

Preaching to the Choir (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language, sex and drug references.

Runtime:

USA:103 min

Country:

USA

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Cataland Films

Trivia:

Production filming ended only hours before the blackout of the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada of the summer of 2003.

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

Confusing "Edgy" With Tacky

"I haven't had sex in ________ years," says the elderly woman in church. "See me after (choir) rehearsal," says the young black male.

These kinds of bits in the film, while probably seen by those who produced and sold it as "just comedy" or "edgy" (that's the latest industry buzz word), really reveal how far it is possible to miss a targeted audience - even offend them. Having a casual conversation in a church about screwing an old woman? Is there any story context that would mitigate the impropriety here? Or does "Christian" mean anything anymore?

The latest in the secular-meets-saintly hybrid widget in the urban genre, this movie strikes me as an attempt to make a project about gospel music, without having to respect the Gospel itself, and to sell shock value and sizzle - at the expense of the serious-minded urban Christian community.