Dreamgirls
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Critics Sentiment
Effie performs And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
Jimmy Early dies from heroin overdose devastating Lorrell
The film plummets from Jennifer Hudson's show-stopping And I Am Telling You performance to Jimmy Early's tragic overdose death, dropping 3.7 points as the story turns dark.
Dreamgirls starts strong with authentic R&B energy and peaks magnificently with Jennifer Hudson's powerhouse performance, but suffers in its middle section when the focus shifts away from Effie. The film recovers somewhat in its final act but struggles with tonal inconsistencies, overlong runtime, and predictable plotting that prevent it from reaching the heights of its standout musical moments.
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Jamie Foxx
Curtis Taylor Jr.
Beyoncé
Deena Jones
Eddie Murphy
James 'Thunder' Early
Danny Glover
Marty Madison
Jennifer Hudson
Effie White
Anika Noni Rose
Lorrell Robinson
Keith D. Robinson
C.C. White
Sharon Leal
Michelle Morris
Hinton Battle
Wayne
Mariah Iman Wilson
Magic
Yvette Cason
May
Ken Page
Max Washington
Ralph Louis Harris
M.C.
Michael-Leon Wooley
Tiny Joe Dixon
Loretta Devine
Jazz Singer
John Lithgow
Jerry Harris
John Krasinski
Sam Walsh
Alexander Folk
Ronald White
Esther Scott
Aunt Ethel
Bobby Slayton
Miami Comic
Crew
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