So many problems

Rating: 2/10 (16 June 2007)

I had been wanting to see this movie for a long time before I rented it today on HD-DVD. I really hated it. I have to say that Jennifer Hudson's performance as Effie is the worst Oscar winning performance I have ever seen, and I have seen almost every Oscar winning performance. She proved to be what she is...an amateur.
Speaking of bad performances, Beyonce says that this was her first "real" acting performance, but I thought she was actually better in other movies I've seen. Hudson and Beyonce's dialogue scenes are cringeworthy in their stiltedness.
I thought Jamie Foxx's realization out of nowhere at the end that it was his child was one of the goofiest things I've ever seen.
I thought the direction could have been a lot better, I was confused by some of the time periods once it moved to the 70s, and there were a lot of anachronisms, and it definitely went about an hour too long.
I also wish that the songs sounded more from the time period rather than from a modern musical, like using mono for the early scenes.
I thought Jamie Foxx was pretty good, and I really liked Keith Robinson. I thought Eddie Murphy gave a completely overrated performance. I am so glad he did not win the Oscar, I just didn't see anything outstanding on his part.
I really wanted to enjoy this movie, but it just wore on my nerves, and the is some of the worst acting I have ever seen in a blockbuster movie. 2 out of 10