Dreamgirls was released in 2006 and stars Beyonce,Anki Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson,Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx and tells the tale of the supremes who were a 60s girl group that made it big in Hollywood and start off as the opening act for James Thunder Early (Murphy);but when one of them becomes more popular(Knowles) which leads (Hudson's)charcther becoming jealous of her will the 3 girls reunite again ?Overall its been years since I last seen this film. The cinematography was good since the same guy that did the remake for Beauty and the Beast did this too back in 2006. This film is also a full blown musical,some of the songs were memorable like Listen,We Are A Family,Hey Baby etc the real star is Jennifer Hudson who stole the whole film with her powerful voice which helped her earn an Oscar BTW. Eddie Murphy is in it too and he sings but his songs went over my head. But on the flip side his a good singer since he was a singer back in the 80s. Overall I did enjoy this film as it pays homage to the 60s and 70s. The Princess And The Frog's Anki Nomi Rose was good in this too. 7/10

Set as it is in the Motown era of the Sixties, it's not hard to draw a comparison between the Dreamgirls of the title and the hit-making Supremes, along with a character like Jimmy Early, who seems to be a composite performer based on Little Richard, James Brown, and Smokey Robinson. But with Eddie Murphy in the role, a bit too much of Eddie Murphy's personality comes through, almost as if he's doing a parody on Saturday Night Live. There's also a late film addition of a Jackson Five knock-off. But with all the Motown elements, it didn't feel like a story set in the era, but one designed for the year in which it was made.All of that is not necessarily a bad thing. As movie musicals go, this one was entertaining enough for this viewer, even if I'm not a fan of the genre myself. What I found particularly interesting were the scene transitions, like when Effie White (Jennifer Hudson) auditioned for Max Washington (Ken Washington) in a small room, and the setting changed to a night club performance in front of an attentive crowd. There were a few scenes like that, that were nicely done.Of course, all the singers were quite good, but when the stage dynamic switched to the actors and actresses singing to each other, both the song lyrics and situations seemed awkward at times. I guess the biggest surprise for me was hearing what a powerful voice Jennifer Hudson has. Since my personal Golden Age of music occurred during The Sixties with the British Invasion, The Surf Sound, and of course Motown, I'm not as in tune to current singers like Hudson and Beyoncé. As entertaining as they are, their musical style is just not my favorite type of listening pleasure.But overall, if you like movie musicals, this one ought to satisfy. At just over two hours, I never got an antsy feeling while watching, so for me, that's saying something. Visually it's also a great experience, as the costuming and stage presentations are quite colorful. The dynamic among the characters is also compelling enough to keep one's attention, right up until the final curtain.

this movie was not documentary and not a realistic movie that drag me into itself. story of 4 singers that not explained any of those. i didn't like role of actors and actresses. there was only a part that i liked and that was Telling Characters Objection and Emotions by Singing to each other. There was some annoying thing in movie and that was singing load or i could say Screaming on actresses, Specially Effi in the movie. there was no need to sing that loud for showing Emotions of Characters. before movie Ends and From the beginning, I Thought that Singing and Telling Story and Emotions of Characters Going to be a one of Good Part of the movie. but in the end i can say it was disappointing part of that.

Looking at the some of the main cast for this movies; Beyoncé Knowles, Jamine Foxx, Eddie Murphy, and Danny Glover, I really thought "this is going to be good!" and that is exactly how it started. We are first introduced to the 3 beautiful ebony girls, Effie, Deena & Lorrell, whom are fighting to make a career within the music industry. The story quickly picks up as the girls get a manager, goes on a tour with the already established artist James Early, and while fighting against the racial discrimination of the 1960's America ends up breaking though on national radio and TV. We follow the girls from their early beginnings in the ghetto, on their way to fame, but the road is not without its bumps, as different ambitions, managers, internal intrigues, and love-affairs all play a role in making this road especially hard. Now, the plot and story seems quite good… the cast looks good… so what is the problem: Is this a musical or an regular movie? I have no idea.The initial 30-40mins of the movie was quite pleasing, acting is good, and the music is used on stage or in recording studios, and compliments the store and regular dialogue quite well. But at some point the characters turn from talking to each other, to instead singing to each other. And at this point the story starts to get confusing, the music feels forced, and unpleasant. This goes on for quite a while, and peaks with a 15min nonstop song that is so bad that I actually turned down the sound of my TV, so I could still be in the room. Coming towards the ending of the movie, the musical theme fades out, dialogue is once again used, and music in once again used as music.This shifting between regular movie/musical/regular movie, is really confusing, and it breaks apart the story to a level where I just don't care about it anymore… it's highly annoying. maybe it makes more sense if you watch it again, but honestly I don't feel like watching it again, ever.