'Show-buster' and painful mirror for characters and.....actors.

Rating: 8/10 (22 September 2019)

DG's strength lies first and foremost in the 'sparkling' enthusiasm of the entire production-team!!
But there is more. And it pinches...
First, there is the star Beyoncé. She is at the top of the list of actors, but it is Jennifer Hudson who should be standing there, story-wise but also musically she completely overshadows Beyoncé. With 'Listen' the latter shows how great her talent is, but in my opinion Jennifer Hudson is the one who has the total rawness of human existence in her voice and expresses it in sound.
Beyoncé sings about it, Jennifer is it.
What a performer!
The class of Beyoncé, however, is that she obviously takes on this role and thereby willingly steps back for Jennifer's talent. That requires a class of an artist. With this Beyoncé deserves the stage that she has today.
Secondly there is poor Eddie Murphy, the fantastic stand-up talent, who once made the mistake of becoming an actor. He can act, but is legendary bad at attracting productions that facilitate his talent.
But Dreamgirls is an exeption!. Murphy breaks free and puts down a layered figure like he never did and probably never will do again.
However - and how harsh - he plays a character that resembles...himself; the talent without steadfastness. Prey to the randomness of others.
Murphy plays murphy....
And i am moved...
Dramgirls is not the best musical film, but it is one of those exceptional extrovert show busters, in which a small, fragile story is hidden about film characters and... actors.
The stars in this film are bigger than big, but they have confrontational positions in this movie ....
Dreamgirls is a bustling show and a painful mirror at the same time.