Totally Overrated and extremely repetitive...oh yeah and Boring!

Rating: 4/10 (2 May 2007)

I don't know what the fuss is about this film. (I despised "Chicago") I especially don't understand how Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for her work. Granted she did make Beyonce look very bad, but c'mon an Oscar for this? She held her own OK, but Oscar worthy, not even close! If it weren't for the pretty decent singing and the excellent songs, and the fact that it is loosely based on "The Supremes," this never would have been made. This was pretty much a waste of time, and unless you love musicals and don't care about the poor acting, (Eddie Murphy was pretty good, Jamie Foxx was totally miscast here, Danny Glover's character was totally wasted which was a shame) Do not believe all the hype. I hate it when people will love something just because they loved it in it's previous incarnation. (This based on a Broadway musical.) You have to judge it for what it is now, which was a very poor film. Don't waste your time or just watch Eddie Murphys scenes, and listen to some of the pretty much excellent music. I think a 4/10 is pretty generous of a score too. Out of 4 stars, I would give this 1 1/2 out of 4 it's that poor.