Dreamgirls. What a dream of a movie

Rating: Null/10 (4 January 2007)

I got to see DREAMGIRLS, at last, and like everyone else thought it lived up to it's hype. Someone wrote a comment here that no one in the film "acted." I beg to differ. The acting was just fine, especially for a musical. I wonder if the fellow thought he was going to see A Streetcar Named Desire, or A Long Days Journey Into Night, or perhaps Strinberg's The Stronger. Also, if he didn't recognize that Jennifer Hudson's rendition of And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going was also a great piece of action that even Duse would have applauded then he really doesn't know "acting" when he sees it. Betty Grable, Judy Garland or even Barbara Striesand wasn't called upon to be great actresses in their musicals, just hit the marks and say the lines, or in their cases "sing' the line. The only Oscar nominated role in a musical went to Jean Hagen in Singin in the Rain and she wasn't even singing. Brilliant! The choreography was outstanding and probably brought a smile to Bob Fosse's face. And as expected the production value was high. Someone also observed that all the songs seemed the same, well, the show was written in the '80's commenting on songs and time of the 60's so that's understandable. Also a little nit picking. On the whole I thought it well worth the money and the time. As a San Francisco film critic observed DREAMGIRLS is a good movie brought to being an Event by Jennifer Hudson's heart wrenching And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going. Outstanding! I've given this a 10 mark. It deserves it.