Interesting Story, Loudly Delivered.

Rating: 6/10 (24 June 2015)

Three young girls, a singing trio, work their way up into the big time and find that it requires sacrifice.
Jennifer Hudson has a great voice with a range from elephant rumble to dog whistle. She is the lead singer and really belts them out. The girls love singing and are very close.
Then they are adopted by Jamie Foxx and put on a stairway to paradise. But the problem is that, though Jennifer Hudson is the best singer, Beyoncé Knowles is an absolute knockout, so she's made the lead.
Stuff happens. Karen Carpenter was yanked out from behind the drums and put in front of The Carpenters because she was photogenic. Never mind the drums.
Best performances are -- envelope, please -- Eddie Murphy as a nonpareil of pompadoured self display, and Danny Glover, of whom we don't see nearly enough because he's the guy who puts them together in the minor leagues and is ditched as they make their way to the top. Slightyly plump Jennifer Hudson gets her share of pathos.
I didn't care for the songs -- at all -- or the staging of them, all glitz and the piercing shrieks of Gospel music. And during some conversations a character will start singing her lines, as in an operetta.
If the songs don't rupture your basilar membranes, you might like the story. The trio seem to really enjoy themselves while singing, and their movements embody feminine grace.