A Love Song to Florence Ballard

Rating: 10/10 (30 December 2006)

This movie was really fantastic. It moves quickly and the film-makers did a marvelous job of integrating the music into the story with a minimum of people randomly busting into song out of the blue in the middle of nowhere.
If you are a Supremes fan like myself you'll get that this is "loosely" based on the real life Dreamgirls rather than a strict biopic; but it's the way we all would have liked their story to end. Truly an homage to Flo Ballard who deserved better than she got.
Jennifer Hudson is the stand out; but, Anika Noni Rose was great as well and Eddie Murphy was a scene stealer as usual. Beyonce was good, but too sweet - I'd have liked to see a little more of the gutsy, bitchy, selfish, fabulous Miss Ross in Deena Jones but I guess they were afraid she'd come after 'em with a shotgun if they told it like it is.