Dreamgirls

Rating: 6/10 (9 March 2007)

Dream Girls The thing that attracted me about "Dream Girls" were not the three protagonist, nor Jamie Foxx or Eddie Murphy, but through it tailors it looked to me that it was an all black movie, which is rare to see and not many of such genre are made.
This musical is the story of three girls  Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson and Anika Noni Rose who have dreams to make it big as a group and how they are picked up by a musical business tycoon Jamie Foxx to work with Eddie Murphy's troop, and how there is a split among these girls  because Jennifer who is a lead singer is sidelined for the beautiful Beyonce to appeal and sell the music. Many of these stories run parallel to each other, with rise and fall in their relationships, ups and downs in their careers. The tragedy of Jennifer Hudson's life was shown very touchingly. She loves singing but is neglected in utter poverty. In the end Jennifer gets to chance to sing as a lead singer and the dream girls fulfill their life long dream by getting together.
All the actors have acted well. But two persons who steal the show are Jennifer Hudson  who portrays the range of emotions naturally - betrayal, anger, jealousy, sadness, happiness  and Jamie Foxx as a money minded business person, whose interest in life never ascends above measuring things only by money.
The integration of musical score and the moving storyline is crafted beautifully and none of the songs jars our senses, but I especially got appreciative of the western classical score and the emotions depicted through them.
Overall a different movie and a good movie too! (Stars 6 out of 10)