Even with flaws, this is one good movie!!

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2006)

As I watched this movie, I counted the flaws. But despite the flaws, this was one good movie! This was one movie that I wanted to be longer so that each character could have more screen time.....so that each character could be fully explored.....so that the scenes could flow more cohesively. There are many criticisms about the music. This was a Broadway musical people!! The music is dated and it is for the genre of Broadway, not MOTOWN. Dreamgirls would not have worked with all new Motown music any more than Chicago would have worked with all original bluesy jazz. And yes, Broadway is all about over-the-top songs, dancing, costumes and acting....therefore so is some of the singing in Dreamgirls! That being said, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, Anika Noni Rose, Danny Glover....you guys rocked! Beyonce did very well, but still don't understand the Best Actress nomination. Jamie Foxx, worked with what he had, did good. Biggest pet peeve? The editing and the ending. If this movie had no flaws, they would rename the 'Golden globe', the 'Dreamgirl.' But no film is perfect, so......5 nominations is not bad.