Not a story with just on moral

Rating: 9/10 (17 October 2010)

Good movies that are more than just transitions from scene to scene have opinions. The story has more than one moral but many. Many little objects or lessons or points. Effie's lesson was that if everyone who plays music in the American music during that time period got screwed or treated unfairly, she got screwed even more. Being a plus size girl, she seemed to get opted out of the trio. What they call part of the business. But later on in the show she really truly got a raw deal from Curtis(Jamie Foxx). She did get involved with her boss. Which did not work out, and she acted like she loved Curtis. Then Deena(Beyonce Knowles) steps in. At that part of the movie, the film becomes like a musical, yet there is more to come in terms of a drama. The music is a backdrop to the drama ensuing at times, but at other times the film is like music video. Jennifer Hudson does an awe-inspiring solo, standing on the stage alone. She runs everyone off, the rest of them, Curtis, the other singers, and her own brother, a keyboardist and lyricist.
Between being the best of the worst, I have to say Curtis Taylor is a more shady character than James Early played by Eddie Murphy. Early has addictions. He loves women and he loves the white powder. I was wasted, I mean happy, when Early changes his tune during a live dinner theater performance. The crowd loved it, and Curtis hated it. It was not what want Curtis wanted, and everything was that way with the producer. Although he wanted that special something, a niche for black musicians, he went to great lengths to accomplish things and he hurt Jones very much. She was a good snooper. The wild man "Thunder" Early also has trouble keeping Lorrell interested even though the two are together despite the lack of a diamond.
The trio begins with other assorted associates who are friends and lovers, but later all become professional associates. Curtis represented the company and there are major riffs, both interpersonal and what the performers wanted as opposed to what the company desired. Their desire?
Terrific choreography and acting. Set in an era spanning the late 50's and the late 60's. All in all, a movie hard to resist.