In the pleasantly amusing “Praise This,” Chloe Bailey is the self professed nonreligious Sam, a musical artist in the making who finds her niche in Atlanta’s competitive gospel youth choir scene. D…
crafts a musical that’s carried through by a charming cast and highly entertaining ensemble performances. “Praise This” adds a mostly delightful entry to the genre, even if it doesn’t offer a unique take. More successfully it acts as a winning introductory calling card to the acting and musical talents of its rising star, the slightly-older sister of upcoming “The Little Mermaid” actor Halle Bailey and one-half of the sibling R&B duo Chloe x Halle.
Between practice and competitions, the film reveals its many supporting characters. There are the other singers on the choir team, various rivals and members of the church the choir belongs to. There are even a few people in the audience highlighted fleetingly. Almost all of these characters are thinly drawn and closer to caricature, yet most have a clearly defining trait or deliver a humorous moment or two that make it easy to forgive how thinly they are drawn.
Any church-set film must have some sermons. That’s the rule, and “Praise This” abides. While secular audiences might find some of the church sermonizing tiresome, the message are so nonjudgmental and sex-positive that they hardly feel religious. These characters’ mantra seems to be “live and let live.” That makes it all go down easy. In fact, there’s a surprisingly lustfull note to most of the proceedings.
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