Dreamgirls

Pros: Solid cast and good songs
Cons: Treats music as a business above all else

The soul music of the sixties is very special to many. Those who recall it will undoubtedly remember artists like the Supremes and Marvin Gaye. The movie Dreamgirls is based on the Motown music of that era, and the rise and career of two musical ...

Pros: Wonderful performances in an entertaining movie.
Cons: Not for everyone.

I have enjoyed many movie musicals over the years. I have original Broadway soundtracks to several shows and I hope to eventually see more musicals on the stage. I have liked that movie versions of musicals have been made since that gives me the chance ...

Pros: great music, equally good casting, several nice performances
Cons: lacked originality, no real surprises, a few instances that needed more emotion

Based on a famous Broadway musical, Dreamgirls is the story of a trio of female singers trying to make it big in the early 1960's. More specifically, the film takes a look at the Motown music of the time, and focuses on the struggles that ...

Pros: first-rate production values, great music, smart storyline
Cons: If you don't like musicals, this one may not be for you.

I can think of no better tribute to the memory of the late James Brown, on the week of his passing, than the wide release of Dreamgirls, an absolutely stunning adaptation of the Broadway musical, loosely based on the rise of the Supremes and whose ...

Pros: The beauty of Beyonce Knowles and the performance of Jennifer Hudson
Cons: A couple of disjointed scenes.

Just returned after seeing Dreamgirls for just $5 at a local movie house. What a bargain! What a show!! The movie's screenplay written by Bill Condon is based on the successful Broadway play that closed a number of years ago. The Supremes and Much ...

Pros: Jennifer Hudson! Beyonce, Foxx's acting, bring-down-the-house numbers, costumes
Cons: pacing, Eddie Murphy's character, some duller songs

When Jennifer Hudson was voted off of American Idol during the 2004 season, my mother and I were so devastated that we vowed to never watch the show again. Of course, the AI addiction is too strong to beat cold turkey, so we tuned in again the following ...

Pros: Great music. Great performances. Great look.
Cons: None to speak of.

Where does the time go? No sooner do I get one project tied up than a dozen others come down around my perfectly coiffed head, burying me up to the tops of my size six Capezio character tap shoes. It's very annoying. Pre-production work on my new film ...

Pros: Outstanding performance by Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson.
Cons: Nothng.

There are few movies I have seen this year—and I have seen quite a few—that can measure the emotional fulfillment of Dreamgirls. The movie is after all about music, the art form, which hand-n-hand with poetry, is supposed to touch the ...

Pros: The plot, the music, the acting, the singing
Cons: It's long, but still worth it.

When I heard of Captaind’s Good Movies Write Off I knew that I wanted to submit Dream Girls as one of the best movies I have seen as of late. However, I knew the writing a review about this movie would be a bit of a chore as I do not consider Dream ...

Pros: Outstanding performances and some great music!
Cons: A cynical view of the music industry

For my wife and me the stage musical "Dreamgirls" was an early Broadway theater experience that totally thrilled us in 1983. Twenty-four years later we have eagerly awaited the release of the highly touted movie version released nationwide on ...

Pros: Music, Murphy and Hudson
Cons: A little cartoonish

Somewhere out there, Jennifer Holliday is shaking her head and sighing. Jennifer was nearly 25 years ahead of her time when she starred in the Broadway version of “Dreamgirls” as Effie. Today, she’s seen the show come to film and make another Jennifer, ...

Pros: Condon's Direction/Script, Look, Production, Music, Performances, & Cast.
Cons: Might Be Too Glossy for Some & Knowles is Somewhat Weak.

In the early 1980s, Broadway found a smash musical called Dreamgirls written by Tom Eyen who also wrote the lyrics with help from Henry Krieger who did the music. The story was based on the history and rise of Motown Records in the 1960s as ...

Pros: The actors (especially Jennifer Hudson); the direction; the music.
Cons: Not the most original story.

Films that see release at this time of year usually fall into one of two categories: (1) pretentious awards bait or (2) pure entertainers. Hardly usual is the case where something comes along that fulfills one's desire for a rousing, exhilarating ...

Pros: The music, the story, the acting.
Cons: None worth mentioning.

Dreamgirls (2006) Directed by Bill Condon. During an amateur talent contest Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, sees an opportunity and some talent and decides to break into the music business. He signs the trio of teen-agers, the Dreamettes, ...

Pros: The music is fantastic and memorable; JenHud's outstanding performance and Murphy's surprise performance.
Cons: Too slick at times, the first half more dynamic than the second.

Curtis Taylor - Jamie Foxx Deena Jones - Beyonce; James Early - Eddie Murphy; Effie - Jennifer Hudson After three straight back-to-back blood and guts movies (the Departed, Harsh Times, Blood Diamond), Dreamgirls comes as a relief. Not that I ...