Praise This

Praise This is a musical comedy about Sam, a young woman with ambitions of becoming a singing star, who is sent from Los Angeles to Atlanta to live with relatives after her mother's death and a brush with the law. There she meets her cousin Jess, whose gospel group is short on members and struggling to compete. Sam reluctantly lends her voice to the choir as a national championship approaches, seeing in the contest a route toward the career she wants.

The film is directed by Tina Gordon Chism, who wrote the screenplay with Jana Savage and Brandon Broussard. It is her third feature as director, following Peeples in 2013 and Little in 2019. The cast is led by Chloe Bailey as Sam and Anjelika Washington as Jess, with Druski, Birgundi Baker, Jekalyn Carr and Quavo among the supporting players. Will Packer, Tim Story and Sharla Sumpter produced the film, which runs 101 minutes.

Released in April 2023, the film drew modest attention from critics and audiences alike. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.7 from roughly 1,400 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 7.3 from a much smaller pool of 57 votes. A critics' rating of 5.6 from nine reviews places professional assessments close to the broader IMDb audience figure, with the far higher TMDB score reflecting a small, likely more favorable sample.