Nice Try But This Is Coma-inducing

Rating: 3/10 (27 November 2006)

While the script, cast, crew et al acquit themselves well, the plain truth is this is a bomb - not THE bomb, a bomb. This thinly-disguised saga of Diana Ross and the Supremes might have worked as a play but as a movie, no one would believe these women were superstars during the Motown era. The songs sung by the Dreams sound like bad off-Broadway musical tunes, not Motown hits. Eddie Murphy's Jimmy "Thunder" Earl has more realistic tunes but still the whole thing feels about as authentic as Bush's reasons for invading Iraq.
A far more interesting film would be a documentary about the Supremes, Motown's Berry Gordy and all the stuff that swirled about them in the 60s.
Make no mistake about it: this is a movie about wigs and dresses. Save your money and buy a Supremes Greatest Hits CD.