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Dreamgirls Reviews - Metacritic
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  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • DreamWorks SKG
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • DreamWorks SKG
  • 2 h 10 m

Summary Twenty-five years after bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation Dreamgirls comes to the big screen. Set in the turbulent early 1960s to mid-70s, Dreamgirls follows the rise of a trio of women (Hudson, Knowles and Rose) who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes. (Paramount Pi...

Directed By: Bill Condon

Written By: Tom Eyen, Bill Condon

  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • DreamWorks SKG
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • DreamWorks SKG
  • 2 h 10 m

Dreamgirls

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
76
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 100 User Ratings
7.6
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Summary Twenty-five years after bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation Dreamgirls comes to the big screen. Set in the turbulent early 1960s to mid-70s, Dreamgirls follows the rise of a trio of women (Hudson, Knowles and Rose) who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes. (Paramount Pi...

Directed By: Bill Condon

Written By: Tom Eyen, Bill Condon

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
76
81% Positive
30 Reviews
16% Mixed
6 Reviews
3% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 37 Critic Reviews
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81% Positive
30 Reviews
16% Mixed
6 Reviews
3% Negative
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100
The ovation that Hudson wins from the movie's audience is one of those miraculous moments when a performer's artistry breaks through the screen and makes you feel part of a live audience. I haven't experienced anything like it since Barbra Streisand sang "My Man" at the end of her astonishing debut in Funny Girl.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
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Elegant, unabashedly theatrical, and packed with lush concert scenes and period-perfect costumes.
By Albert Williams FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 100 User Ratings
7.6
74% Positive
74 Ratings
20% Mixed
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6% Negative
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7.6
74% Positive
74 Ratings
20% Mixed
20 Ratings
6% Negative
6 Ratings

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alejandro970
Aug 1, 2021
The greatest triumph of this film is that it knows how to conquer even those who do not like musical dramas. Based on the play, inspired in turn by real characters, it provokes astonishment by the inconceivable Eddie Murphy and Jamie Foxx, and Beyoncé Knowles who writes that it is more than just a pretty face.
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beingryanjude
Aug 24, 2014
It takes substantial blood, sweat and tears to turn a successful Broadway musical into a successful Hollywood masterpiece. Dreamgirls is one of the lucky ones - you can thank Bill Condon, Beyoncé Knowles and Jennifer Hudson for starters.
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88
Bill Condon's screen adaptation of the 1981 Broadway sensation is, if possible, as dazzling and energizing as its source.
By Carrie Rickey FULL REVIEW
80
Ardent, accomplished, overwhelmingly emotional, with something to say and a dream cast saying it in song. Bravo.
By Angie Errigo FULL REVIEW
75
Without Hudson, Dreamgirls would be a whole lot less exciting. Knowles, the ostensible star, is rather bland, and Foxx, surprisingly, seems miscast. Murphy is wonderful, but that should be no surprise.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
60
The problem with “Dreamgirls” -- and it is not a small one -- lies in those songs, which are not just musically and lyrically pedestrian, but historically and idiomatically disastrous.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
33
It's the ultimate pop-culture sacrilege: a movie about soul music that has no soul.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
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9
Trev29
Sep 2, 2012
This was a dazzling movie. I was seriously impressed with all the music and acting....that includes Beyonce. It was quite a spectacle and was very stylishly and artistically done.
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9
liamconnor
Jan 21, 2012
this is an amazing musical. yes it has its problems, but it has its amazingness. Jennifer Hudson's performance is the best out of the lot. she sang her best and acted pretty well. eddie murphy did well, a unique and different role for him, to me jamie foxx and beyonce were the least satisfactory in the film. he could have really been the guy u want to punch, but he wasnt, beyonce was. her want to have the spotlight shone when she sang listen, it was her try at trying to take the spotlight from jennifer. you can't beyonce, she out sand and acted you, deal with it. great musical, good movie.
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amheretojudge
Oct 16, 2018
isn't zazzy as its sharp music.. Dreamgirls Condon's lazy musical drama might contain genuine husky moments but it surely isn't zazzy as its sharp music. Speaking of which, not all the songs are catchy or valuable enough to leave you bewildered but there are few that makes you tap your feet on the seat. The nature of fame and successful careers that it depicts through surfing the time zone, isn't as impactful as it was anticipated. But the drama in between these shots or sequences that builds up the gut-wrenching turns of the trajectory is what the entire feature thrives upon. Foxx can and does scare you with the viscous power that he oozes upon his supporting characters. But the surprising package that explodes on the screen is Hudson and her wider range performance that does make you groove and leave you shook. Murphy's eye is often on stealing the moment which he does so easily with a sensational performance. The narration is basically a extraction of the first chapter from the textbook, all the plans and its execution is merely a rookie step. Either the writers were afraid to go bold or an attempt to make something simple and sensible didn't go as planned. And this is where Condon comes in, his execution should have elevated and instead keep things flat, even at its peak the feature wanders on mediocrity lane. The musical sequences through which it demands your attention is actually the hard work of the actors that are giving their all in, in their portrayals. Condon's way of making a truce with the crispiest bit of the feature, is what makes the feature more forgettable; it is definitely good, but it can easily be piled upon by its competition. Dreamgirls has a structure that calculates its steps wisely, it is professional but it can be boring too.
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worleyjamers
Jun 2, 2013
A very good film. A bit overrated in my opinion because 8 Academy Award nominations is very generous. However this film delivers on all levels. Great performances all around, drama, brilliant cinematography, fantastic ****'s good. The music is definitely the highlight of the film for me though, particularly because of Beyonce and Jennifer Hudson. They both give great performances musically and theatrically. A very good film.
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thefishslap
Feb 20, 2015
Too many rich black people for me to understand what was going on.....................................................................................
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Production Company Dreamworks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Laurence Mark Productions
Release Date Dec 15, 2006
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline Fame Comes And Goes, Stars Rise And Fall, But Dreams Live Forever
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 6 Wins & 21 Nominations

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