Doesn't live up to all the hype

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2007)

I am a big fan of movie musicals. I've seen quite a few of them. And the past few years have been like a dream come true for me with all these musicals like POTO, Chicago, Rent, The Producers being made into films. Now after all the hype surrounding this film I was brimming with anticipation to see Dreamgirls. But I was somewhat disappointed. Yes it was a good film, but definitely not deserving of the Golden Globe for best motion picture Musical or Comedy. That deserved to go to Thank You for Smoking. And I definitely don't think that Jennifer Hudson deserved her Golden Globe. Her singing was up to par, but her acting. Her acting was soap opera worthy. She looked like she was having a seizure during the much hyped 'And I am Telling You I'm Not Going'. Beyonce, on the other hand, I had low expectations for. She's always been mediocre, but she surprised me and did very well with this role, especially in the song 'Listen'. The best part of the movie was Eddie Murphy. He was amazing. Fantastic actor and singer. Now he did deserved his Golden Globe. The directing was so and so. Bill Condon didn't seem to know what story lines to keep so he decided to keep them all but not elaborate on them. All in all it wasn't a bad film, it just could've been better.