The more you see it, the better it gets

Rating: 9/10 (9 February 2007)

Jennifer Hudson is sensational and spectacular. You will come away wanting to hear her sing, And I am telling you, over and over again. In my opinion she does a better job than Jennifer Holiday. Eddie Murphy's musical performances are great. He shows diversity exhibiting a number of music personalities from the past in each of his musical performances. Beyonce is beautiful in her various photo shots. Jamie Foxx is convincingly ruthless and mean. Danny Glover delivers as usual. The young man who plays Jennifer Hudson's brother is also very good. The movie loses points for not being well directed. There were a couple of scenes that weren't transitioned well, the director just faded to black and opened with the new scene. The story fell down in other places because of the directing as well. This would have gotten a rating of 10 if it had been better directed. But the overall movie is good and gets better if you see it more than once.