Storyline
Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Directors
Cast
Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Beyoncé Knowles, Esther Scott, Keith Robinson, Damion Poitier, Yvette Nicole Brown, John Lithgow, John Krasinski, Loretta Devine, Danny Glover, Gregg Berger, Sharon Leal, Ralph Louis Harris, Jocko Sims, Alexander Folk, Ken Page, Jennifer Hudson, Laura Bell Bundy, Anika Noni Rose, Michael-Leon Wooley, Hinton Battle, Mariah I. Wilson, Yvette Cason
Trailer
Reviews
100
The movie belongs to Hudson as the proud, self-destructive Effie. When she's center stage, Dreamgirls transports you to movie musical heaven.
100
New York Daily News
Hudson, taking over the role of Effie played on stage by Jennifer Holliday, is in charge of Dreamgirls from her opening scene, blowing away Grammy-winner Beyoncé Knowles, Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx and anyone else who gets in her way.
90
Finally. After "The Phantom of the Opera," "Rent" and "The Producers" botched the transfer from stage to screen, Dreamgirls gets it right. Bill Condon's adaptation of the 1981 show about a Motown trio's climb to crossover stardom pulls off the fundamental double-act those three musical pics all missed: It stays true to the source material while standing on its own as a fully reimagined movie.
88
Rolling Stone
This baby dazzles like nothing else anywhere.
88
Dreamgirls is good and at times it touches greatness.
