The Preachers Wife

I saw it originally in cinema and was impressed. one word - Denzel. The man. Whitney - the woman.

Loved it

Movie for any occasion and Christmas

Its very difficult to get good christmas films anymore. Here we are in the environs of new jersey-new york with the added star power of denzel washington and a new whitney houson(probably one of her more satisfying performances). The film feels good it has children and singing,gives us a sense of community and how a community can grow and how christians can develop and inspire and hold back a community,and at times how a community can be inspired and renewed by a church and also by the modern forces of large capital as here evinced by the large developers who will buy the church and replace it with a shopping mall, emphasizing the sterility of modern culture,and how our cities really need churches! The locale is around a developer known as hamilton real estate and we are in the modern world and the church community with pastor and estranged wife played by houston,are visited by an enigmatic angel The angel here is not the usual staid boring figure,but notices this community lacks love,and how can it move forward if the love between pastor and his wife has stalled. The pastor notices the angel spends much time in conversation and fun and excitement with his wife going out and conversing in a series of outings,and the pastor upset confronts him,and the angel responds he was just sharing love and at the films end the pastor notes this love,how it renews the community and he now recommits himself to love to the long lost relationship. There is also a subplot about an innocent man being imprisoned and then exonerated and a developer wanting to pull out the church from the community and replace it with a shopping mall. Interesting story! At films end feeled with love the preacher gives a jesse jackson type speech detailing the needs of the community,and we have a parting scene where the angel leaves the pastors wife,filled with love within,the kingdom being within him and he wanted neither to control or hem in or sexually take advantage of the preachers wife,but to shower her with love,and he corrects the jealousy of the preacher,the ideas and fixations in his mind preventing him and the community from growing in love,as the whole world and even the developer at the films end,worships at christmas services. A christmas story,in these days not realistic,but great performances and good twist on old theme gives movie freshness...as well as performances!!

Really good heart warming christmas film

Very disappointed in the sound quality. There were hiccup interruptions.

To entertain

This film will always be one of our favorites. This contemporary re-make of The Bishops Wife shines with wonderful performances by Denzel Washington, Courtney B. Vance, Jennifer Lewis, young Justin Pierre Edmund and the soul-stirring vocals of Whitney Houston. Turning despair into triumph - and containing just the right amount of humor - this film quietly resonates with faith and will put a song in your heart and a smile on your face.

Its a great movie! Albeit a sad reminder of what we have lost in Whitney Houston. Very sweet, though.

I love this movie and so happy to finally own it again after my old copy got damaged.