More like "ScreamGirls"

Rating: 2/10 (15 February 2007)

I didn't enjoy this film very much. For one thing, it was like an awkward musical---every time the actors had to break into song, they looked very unsure of themselves. The songs seemed to start very unevenly; not like other musicals, like "Grease" and "Mary Poppins" where the songs immediately start & fit with the situation. All of the actors COMPLETELY over-sang their parts; all they did was scream. And might I add that, interestingly enough, there weren't any white people in the film--- except when they portrayed the white citizens as stealing their songs and re-making them as boring. The character Effie is quite irritating; she "blames the world" for all her problems, especially when her friend Deena (Beyonce Knowles) gets the part for lead singer. Can't say I'd recommend this film.