Release: The Temptations

The Temptations
Genre: Biography/Musical
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: Lon Charles
Cast: Lakeith Stanfield, Nate Parker, Andre Holland, Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jeffrey Wright, Tyler James Williams, Columbus Short, Alexandra Shipp, Jesse Williams, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Kimberly Elise


Budget: $50,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $89,792,573
Foreign Box Office: $48,888,845
Total Profit: $32,905,503

Reaction: Very good numbers for this musical biopic, toppling Time Passages as the highest grossing musical for LRF. It also became the 7th highest grossing biographical film released by the studio. The Temptations makes Clint Eastwood 3-for-3 at the box office (previous releases Missing Men and Buried Child were also profitable at the box office).

"While the film follows the standard music biopic formula, The Temptations operates at a higher energy level than most other recent Clint Eastwood directorial efforts." - Charles Yost, Oregonian

"Obviously the music is great and Eastwood directs with great economy and efficiency, but what I was most impressed with is the chemistry between Lakeith Stanfield and Nate Parker in the two lead roles." - Rick Green, New Yorker

"Clint Eastwood doesn't give us much new with this biographical musical, but it is a more than competent production with a strong ensemble cast." - Charles Triano, Los Angeles Times

Rated PG-13 for language, some sexuality, drug content, thematic elements and some violence.