very weak, unfortunately

Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Fresh and Exciting

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I can't believe that so much acting and singing talent went into making this dud. No amount of vocal gymnastics (and Dreamgirls is full of it, to the point that it becomes meaningless) could have brought off the film's tiresome succession of plastic, mass-produced songs with corny lyrics and barely a hint of the Motown sound. And no amount of skilled acting could have made anything out of the film's lifeless script and flimsy story line.Interestingly, one scene parallels what the film as a whole does: Edie Murphy has his new song stolen by the white recording industry, which sanitises it and removes all traces of soul from it to make it acceptable to the mainstream teenage audience of the day. This is exactly what Dreamgirls has done with the black music culture of the '60s and the Motown sound.The result is a film that's an emotional flat liner with characters and situations you simply don't care about. The filmmakers did do some good work, though, in recreating the look of the period. There was some really great music being made back then, but from this film you'd never guess it.

"We are dream girls, boy we'll make you happy" They made me happy every time I watched this movie. Beyonce Knowles with her beautiful singing one of the biggest singers in America. She was one of the backup singers in dream girls. It was 3 of them in the group Jennifer Hudson ass Effie the lead singer in dream girls with a HUGE voice, Beyonce as Deena & Anika Noni Rose as Lorell, they had the softer looks and softer singing. They were all childhood friends which grew up to be close as sisters. They did a talent show and lost to an old Fat guy? But somebody seen a talent they had Jamie Fox playing as Curtis had a goal to take the Dreamgirls to the top. He came in and made everything all better for them... just for a little while. Curtis had his own record label & he sold cars. Mr.Curtis had a dream within his dream. He started to date Effie they had a good little relationship for some time.Curtiz made Deena lead singer of the group, Effie was jealous, thinking her man was like this skinnier girl with this pretty voice. He was starting to think Effie was gaining to much weight. He wrote a song for the Dream Girls called " Heavy " he was talking about Effie, when they first start dating he knew she was big. she was gaining so much weight because she was pregnant. In the middle of the "Heavy" studio session, she was singing over the other girls staring at Curtiz with hate in her eyes. she ran out of the session. Effie didn't know why she was feeling so sick and going through this depression. she took a break from the group to figure herself out. Curtis found him another girl to replace Effie. She was another skinny girl Sharon playing as "Michelle". She was already in uniform ready to perform. Curtis did Effie so wrong. Kicked her out of the group and broke up with her,left her for Deena and left her with a baby. This movie will have you dancing, it will make you cry, and you will Not stop singing. I know this movie whole script everything is a song. Very good movie & will teach you don't need anybody to be successful. This movie doesn't Bor you at all. With some funny scenes, It's almost like real life how it was in the 90s back when the had the Candy paint automobiles. I would recommend Everybody to look at this movie. we can sing along together. Once you start watching this movie, you aren't going to be able to take yourself away from looking at it. Once you learn the songs you have no choice but to learn the whole movie script as well. Great Movie All About A DREAM.

I never give 10's. I just did. It's really too good. Too relevant, too human, too real , too polished and musically fantastic. Do yourself a big favor and enjoy this wonderful , wonderful film. It will make you happy without losing all balance. Sure its the entertainment industry and victory is pretty airbrushed, but a beautiful thing is still a beautiful thing, and this is a beautiful entertainment that celebrates something beautiful in the black soul that a pale skin like me can throw himself into with deep gratitude and appreciation.The music will involve you irresistibly even as the dynamics of human relationships , ambition and relationship play out. Just great. Enjoy.

Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx) is a hustler car salesman who weasel his way into managing the naive Dreamettes; Deena Jones (Beyoncé Knowles), Effie White (Jennifer Hudson), and Lorrell Robinson (Anika Noni Rose). They start singing backup for James 'Thunder' Early (Eddie Murphy) who is a womanizing James Brown type. Then Curtis schemes and hustle his way into a record empire.The production feels very Broadway. The songs are not always good. The best thing in the movie is the performance of Jennifer Hudson as the brassy Effie White. Eddie Murphy does good dramatic work in support. Without the break out performance of Hudson, this is just a show tune Broadway show with big singing voices. She puts in a powerful performance, and it would have been great to see an Effie White movie.