EXHIBIT 5

                             Opinion of Troy & Gould





                                  April 2, 2001



                                                                         MOV1.2


Movie Gallery, Inc.
900 W. Main Street
Dothan, Alabama  36301

         Re:      Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         At your request,  we have examined the  Registration  Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration  Statement") of Movie Gallery, Inc. (the "Company"),  and
the  exhibits  filed in  connection  therewith,  which you are  filing  with the
Securities  and  Exchange   Commission   (the  "SEC")  in  connection  with  the
registration  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the  "Securities
Act"), of up to 400,000 shares of the Company's  Common Stock,  par value $0.001
per share  ("Common  Stock")  issuable  under the Company's  1994 Stock Plan, as
amended (the "Plan").

         For purposes of this opinion,  we have examined such matters of law and
originals,  or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction,  of
the Plan and of such documents, corporate records and other instruments relating
to the adoption and  implementation of the Plan as we have deemed necessary.  In
our  examination,  we  have  assumed  the  genuineness  of all  signatures,  the
authenticity  of all documents  submitted to us as originals,  the conformity to
originals  of  all  documents  submitted  to us  as  certified,  photostatic  or
conformed  copies,  and  the  authenticity  of  originals  of  all  such  latter
documents.  We have also assumed the due execution and delivery of all documents
where due execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof.
We have  relied  upon  certificates  of public  officials  and  certificates  of
officers of the Company for the accuracy of material  factual matters  contained
therein which were not independently established.

         Based on the  foregoing  examination,  we are of the  opinion  that the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options granted  pursuant
to the Plan are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with
the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

         We  consent  to  the  filing  of  this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration  Statement. By giving you this opinion, we do not admit that we are
experts with  respect to any part of the  Registration  Statement or  Prospectus
within the meaning of the term "expert" as used in Section 11 of the  Securities
Act of 1933, as amended,  or the rules and regulations  promulgated  thereunder,
nor do we admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of said Act.

                                   Very truly yours,

                                   /s/Troy & Gould
                                      Professional Corporation

                                   TROY & GOULD
                                   Professional Corporation