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76 out of 100

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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 206 Ratings

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  • Starring: Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx
  • 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 Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 37
  3. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    100
    Dreamgirls is one of the best movie musicals in memory.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    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.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    33
    It's the ultimate pop-culture sacrilege: a movie about soul music that has no soul.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 86 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 121
  3. Negative: 18 out of 121
  1. DeeR.
    10
    Loved it, loved it, loved it. trying to find dress or pattern for dress Jennifer wore when performing "I am Changing". Where?
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. RyanF.
    5
    It was way to long! The scenes where Hudson was belting here lungs out were too long, the love scenes were too long!! Long long long long long!!!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. MikeC
    3
    Excruciating. The songs are so terribly cheezy making the movie an utter cringe-fest.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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