Dreamgirls

The choice was to either go see Freedom Writers or Dreamgirls. I knew for a fact that I didn't want to see some bullshit Hollywood overproduction that glamorizes urban teaching. I already live that glamorous life so why pay money to go see it at the movie? (Besides, I already saw Dangerous Minds) So, I chose Dreamgirls. What I didn't know is that I picked a musical...

Dreamgirls
$10.00 tickets at the afternoon matinee

Length 125 minutes

Highlights

• Some of the strongest female vocalists I have heard since I was a child
• I literally got chills during a few of the songs
• The Dreamgirls were easy on the eyes
  
• Feel good message

Lowlights

• The characters often sang the dialogue
• We came late and had to sit in the second row
• Turns out DTS-CSS means it has subtitles
  

Dreamgirls Stars

• Eddie Murphy
  
• Jamie Foxx
  
• Jennifer Hudson
• Beyonce Knowles

All in all this was a cute movie that glamorizes someone else's life, with a nice message. There were, as you might imagine, some cheesy parts - but the quality of singing made up for the faults of this Broadway Musical turned Hollywood.

The only question I am left with... Whatever happened to scripts like The Goonies?