I suspect the show is better

Rating: 6/10 (12 February 2020)

Heavy going, soapy and convoluted pseudo-biopic that seems trapped in some sad limbo between straight movie and an actual musical.
It has its moments and there's a lot of rich personality in this story of plucky musicians rising from rags to riches but it never feels like more than a fantasy. Eddie Murphy just steals the show and the whole plot is not particularly enjoyable to follow or remember and it just seems to be ticking boxes. I can't help but feel it would have worked better as a TV show, not that I would have stuck with it.