A Windbag of Forgotten Baggage

Rating: 2/10 (15 January 2007)

The Dreamgirls machine is in full swing now that its won the Golden Globe. "I'm sure it'll be advertised in 10 seconds"...that from a winning speech. And its so damn true. Good God, there is no shame with this crap. Beyonce sucked, Eddie Murphey was great and Jennifer Hudson has a voice. But the best in Musical/Comedy? I think not. The thing is a massive hype machine, sure to suck out all of the air, energy, life and imagination of what a musical can be. This massive hunk of crap is nothing but that. Crap. It is salvaged by Hudson's voice and Murphey's commitment.
Other than that it is crap. Crap I wouldn't wish on any memory of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Liza Minelli, Dorothy Dandridge, Barbra Streisand, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Judy Garland, et. al.
The vehicle is a Vespa when it should have been a Mercedes. Pure dreck for the get go. Even "Evita" was better.