"We are a Family" For perhaps "One night Only"....

Rating: 7/10 (28 December 2006)

DREAMGIRLS lights up the house when Jennifer Hudson is on screen and her performance is totally mesmerizing with a talent and a screen presence that is beyond "American Idol". However, when she is not on the screen, the film becomes just another musical of R and B, with Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx brilliant in their parts, but never as electrifying as when Jennifer Hudson is in the scene. Her voice, her command of her role is one that demands all the Kudos which Ms.Hudson is receiving.
The costumes, sets and music are wonderful, and the mixing of the story with the destruction of "Motown" on the screen brings back a haunting feeling of the desperation of the '60's as did BOBBY with Kennedy's death and the waste-less war which cost so many lives in Vietnam.
What makes DREAMGIRLS work is the chemistry between the young women in the cast and their beauty and talent. However, without Jennifer Hudson, DREAMGIRLS would have been just another musical. But it is her being cast in this film is which makes DREAMGIRLS truly a film worth seeing. I can hardly wait until Oscar night to see this remarkably talented young woman, Jennifer Hudson, hold that gold figure in her hand.