Dreamgirls DVD

Advantages: Visually stunning; Jennifer Hudson
Disadvantages: Almost painfully cliche at times

The star-studded cast of this film immediately sets the pulse racing....surely a film starring the beautiful Beyonce Knowles and the wonderful Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy couldn't prove flat and lifeless?? But somehow, this group of stars somehow conspire to produce a real dud. This is of course a musical, and as such is subject to the usual formalities of musical film, such as the spontanious breaking out into song during conversations. The basic ...
...african-american women who get a lucky break and manage to launch a successful career, first as backing singers and then as a group in their own right. The fly in the ointment comes when the girls selected lead singer is shoved aside by their manager (Foxx) in favour of the more beautiful, but less vocally talented Deena (Knowles). Sound fmailiar? Well it's basically the story of Diana Ross and the Supremes. Minus one crucial ingrediant: the music ... Read review

Advantages: Good cast and catchy songs.
Disadvantages: Drags a little.

...Dreamgirls is a film following a group of singers called the Dreamettes. These three girls are on the hunt for fame and fortune and find it when they are offered the chance to sing behind thier favourite R&B sensation Sir James Thunder Early. They agree and are soon offered thier own spot in a show. It is then they become the Dreams because they are "no longer little girls, they are women". It is then things begin to drastically change. I really enjoyed this film. The music is fantastic I can't stop singing the songs. However, I think the film drags slightly in the middle as I found myself getting a little bored but the more I watched it the more I came to really enjoy it. The cast are fantastic especially Jennnifer Hudson who won an Oscar for her performance as Effie White. The cast also includes Beyonce Knowles Eddie Murphy... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: great singing, acting, plot
Disadvantages: -

...I usually tend to avoid films with a lot of hype around them but I suppose with Dreamgirls it wasn't so much the hype rather a certain cast member. I am a Beyonce fan and do like her singing but I saw 'The Fighting Temptations' one of her previous acting roles and I wasn't too moved by her acting it was just another singer singing in a role and calling it acting. Now, I suppose not a lot really changed in this film as yet again she still plays the role of a singer but I suppose this is her best role yet and is much better than her Austin Powers days. The film has won many awards which I was quite shocked by it has won somewhere around 40 awards which is pretty amazing for a film so with this alone I decided to watch this. This film begins with us seeing a stage and singers on it, it is like a song contest and at the end one group only... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: The fabulous and Beautiful songs.
Disadvantages: Not much more than a little story.

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Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful