Dreamgirls
December 2006
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Roger Moore
It compares to that other "legitimate" musical smash of recent vintage, Chicago. It just doesn't have the life or fun of Chicago.
Joshua Rothkopf
The opening rump-shaking immediately sets the tone: Dreamgirls pulses with sheer exuberance. When was the last time a musical, much less a huge Hollywood production, felt this alive?
David Jenkins
It reserves singing and dancing for the stage until Jamie Foxx just randomly bursts into verse while strolling down the street. Dreamgirls wants to be Effie but ends up as Deena: thin, smooth, unburdened by a personality.
Dana Stevens
Watching Dreamgirls on the big screen feels like an event somehow. Maybe it's the conviction and passion that the actors bring to their roles.
Kenneth Turan
Dreamgirls is the entire musical package, a triumph of old school on-screen glamour, and we wouldn't want it any other way.
Albert Williams
Elegiac, filthy-minded, unsparing, and as deeply moving as you'd expect from any de facto story of Peter O'Toole's life.
Critic reviews
Roger Moore
It compares to that other "legitimate" musical smash of recent vintage, Chicago. It just doesn't have the life or fun of Chicago.
Joshua Rothkopf
The opening rump-shaking immediately sets the tone: Dreamgirls pulses with sheer exuberance. When was the last time a musical, much less a huge Hollywood production, felt this alive?
David Jenkins
It reserves singing and dancing for the stage until Jamie Foxx just randomly bursts into verse while strolling down the street. Dreamgirls wants to be Effie but ends up as Deena: thin, smooth, unburdened by a personality.
Dana Stevens
Watching Dreamgirls on the big screen feels like an event somehow. Maybe it's the conviction and passion that the actors bring to their roles.
Kenneth Turan
Dreamgirls is the entire musical package, a triumph of old school on-screen glamour, and we wouldn't want it any other way.
Albert Williams
Elegiac, filthy-minded, unsparing, and as deeply moving as you'd expect from any de facto story of Peter O'Toole's life.
Stephanie Zacharek
It's a product that promises magic, and yet gives us nothing to live on.
User reviews
Dreamgirls One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. The cast works its magic and makes for a great movie. And the music adds to the wonderful things this movie has to offer. I highly recommend watching it. It won't dissappoint.
This Movie Me no understand movie. Comedy or weeniefest 2012?
Comedy??? Whoever classified this movie as a comedy has obviously never seen it.
Cast and credits
Actors | Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal, Hinton Battle, John Lithgow, John Krasinski |
Producers | Laurence Mark |
Director | Bill Condon |
Writers | Bill Condon, Tom Eyen |
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Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
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Run time
130 minutes
Rating
PG-13
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