Movie Review

Dreamgirls

In 1962, the vocal group which name is "The Dreamettes" from Chicago, performs a show in Detroit with dreaming to be famous. The Dreamettes is formed by Deena Jones, Lorell Robinson and Effie White who is a lead singer. In the same day, the Dreamettes meets a man whose name is Curtis. He presents himself as the Dreamettes' new manager and makes the Dreamettes back chorus of a R&B singer Jimmy. One day, Jimmy and the Dreamettes get a chance to sing at a hotel in
Miami. But it end in failure because of Jimmy. This failure makes Curtis angry and cold-hearted Curtis sell Jimmy to a hotel in New York. After that the Dreamettes changes their name to "The Dreams". This means that Curtis decide to launch out the Dreams alone. And also he decide to change a lead singer to Deena from Effie. Effie is wounded heart. Then the Dreams become very famous. Especially, Deena is hold the spotlight. Effie soon has bad condition and frequently she is absent from a performance. One day, Effie recovers and she goes to dressing room of the Dreams. Then she notice something is strange. There is a new member whose name is Michelle instead of her. In 1972, the Dreams has become international star. On the other hand, Effie is back to Chicago and she is singing for a living. But eventually she decide to try her best again. The song of Effie is in the charts and Curtis knows it. After that he lowers the ranking of Effie and makes the Dreams be in charts with offering bribe. One day, Effie and lawyer come to the concert of the Dreams to bring an accusation against him. At that time, Effie and Deena meet each other after a long separation. Although they have had a mountain of difficulties, finally, they get back their friendship. At last, the story come to the emotional climax.

This movie contains a lot of scenes of singing. Of course, Beyonce who is acting Deena has a good singing voice, but I think that the singing voice of Jennifer Hudson who is acting Effie is more wonderful!! When Deena and Effie become reconciled, they sing duet in the movie. This song was so powerful and beautiful so I was very impressed. I would love for everyone who have never watched the movie to listen to this song. However I saw the musical of Dreamgirls too because I really like this story. Dreamgirls is influential for me that much. Anyway, this is a touching movie. Even if you don't like music, you can enjoy enough watching this movie. I really recommend you to watch it!!