Dreamgirls... Everything they said it would be | Dreamgirls (Two-Disc Showstopper Edition)

DREAMGIRLS | Dreamgirls (Two-Disc Showstopper Edition) | Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy

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	• Dreamgirls (Two-Disc Showstopper Edition) Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy DreamWorks, 2007 average customer review:based on 283 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Terrific Entertainment!

I am not normally a fan of musicals, and this was DEFINITELY a musical, but I was mesmerized from the first solo by Jennifer Hudson, and after that I was hooked. I have never been so impressed by the power of a musical to reach into one's emotions and actually add to the power of a drama. I usually just wait out the singing parts of award winning movies with musical numbers (or fast forward on DVD), but not this time. Jennifer brought tears to my eyes twice during this movie and in general the singing really enhanced the overall experience. Hurray for Dreamgirls. I'm so glad they decided to make the play into a movie, so that more people can experience it.

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Dreamgirls... Everything they said it would be

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, Jennifer Hudson, a star. Timing is everything. Hudson was poised like no other entertainer, to pick up the strings and threads left by the amazing Aretha Franklin as a queen of the soul sound.

Amazing that she is propelled into the role by a movie, and not by a record. "Dreamgirls" is loosely based on actual Motown events, on promoter/producer Berry Gordy (Curtis Taylor, played by Jamie Foxx),an amalgam of a black male singer that is a combination of James Brown-Marvin Gay (James "Thunder" Early, played by Eddie Murphy) and a trio of female singers sketched after the Supremes. Like the Supremes, the trio starts with three girls who have been singing together forever (Effie, played by Hudson, Deena, played by Beyonce, and Lorrell, played by Anika Noni Rose) and who finally break into the Motown scene as backup singers. Involved in the success of the group is Effie's brother, who writes their songs (C.C. White, played by Keith Robinson).

The movie takes the players through love and hardship, from gaining respect to being a multi-platinum success, with the downside issues that come with fame. Characters betray each other, love each other, find redemption.

The music is spectacular, so much that I purchased the soundtrack. The world talks about Hudson's incredible solo of "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)." I equally enjoyed her solo takes on "I Am Changing" and "One Night Only". She's incomparable. The group performance (with Eddie Murphy as lead) of the anti-war anthem, "Patience", was a highlight for me. And there is a sweet, sweet moment at the memorial service for Thunder, when Loretta Devine (from the Broadway production and the TV show Boston Public) sings "I Miss You, Old Friend".

The costumes are equally well done, and the screenplay works hard to make the production flow (although it doesn't succeed nearly as well as "Chicago" did). It takes Dreamgirls from the tough times of the black music circuit in the 60's, to actual footage of the race riots and Martin Luther King, to the glitz of Miami and the disco scene, and the ennui that was Hollywood in those days. There are some "down" spots, an example of which is Thunder's drug problem...the script has focused on his womanizing, and the addiction issue comes out of nowhere.

Completely entertaining, musically outstanding, "Dreamgirls" is a great addition to your collection of DVD musicals.

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DREAMGIRLS

LOVE THIS SHOW. GREAT DVD AT A FRACTION OF THE COST. I ALSO ORDERED THE SOUNDTRACK FROM AMAZON AT A FRACTION OF THE COST.

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Excellent DVD

I love DreamGirls it has a great picture and its definitely a movie you want to add to your collection.

Director Bill Condon brings Tom Eyen's Tony award-winning Broadway musical to the big screen in a tale of dreams stardom and the high cost of success in the cutthroat recording industry. The time is the 1960s and singers Effie (Jennifer Hudson) Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose) and Deena (Beyonc Knowles) are about to find out just what it's like to have their wildest dreams come true. Discovered at a local talent show by ambitious manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx) the trio known as "the Dreamettes" is soon offered the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of opening for popular singer James "Thunder" Early (Eddie Murphy). Subsequently molded into an unstoppable hit machine by Taylor and propelled into the spotlight as "the Dreams" the girls quickly find their bid for the big time taking priority over personal friendship as Taylor edges out the ultra-talented Effie so that the more beautiful Deena can become the face of the group. Now as the crossover act continues to dominate the airwaves the small-town girls with big-city dreams slowly begin to realize that the true cost of fame may be higher than any of them ever anticipated.System Requirements:Running Time: 130 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 097361235547 Manufacturer No: 123554

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