A Dreamy Musical Movie

Hello, folks. Happiest of New Years to you, swell people. Wishing y'all a year of veritability. We're gonna ring-in 2022 by discussing a swagalicious film. Its basis happens to be a Tony-winning musical from the 80s. This post's content is about 2006's Dreamgirls.

It is funkily choreographed by Fatima Robinson (Fatima and director Bill Condon didn't pit cast-members against each other). It has A-okay visual-effects. It's shot delightfully, with cinematography by Tobias A. Schiessler. Sharen Davis's costuming is executed fantastically. The sound-design meshes. Virginia Katz's editing is crisp. The musicians, orchestrators and conductor elevated Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen's soulful score. Stephen Trask's music works, too.

The film has worthwhile original songs, namely Listen (which definitely benefited the show).The hair, makeup and props were pertinent to the time-periods. Jules Fisher lit the movie exquisitely. We have mixture of scenery overseen by John Myhre and location-footage.

Debra Lane and Jay Binder cast the movie with brilliance (they recruited folks with musical prowess). The ensemble people are on their a-games. An upside are roles from John Krasinski and John Lithgow as a another showbiz jerk. It's thrilling seeing Loretta Devine (the most underappreciated principal from the original production) in a cameo. Bountifully, we're given appearances by Jaleel White, Michael-Leon Wooley, Laura Bell Bundy, Ken Page and Yvette Nicole Brown. Danny Glover acts magnificently as Marty. Hinton Battle was up to the task of portraying an underling. Mariah I. Wilson acted well as Magic. Sharon Leal gave it their all as Michelle. As C.C., Keith Robinson was genuinely sincere and charmful. Beyonce Knowles is surprisingly one heck of an actress, Queen B rocked it as Deena. The swell Anika Noni Rose was sheer terrificness as Lorrell, a good, but thankless role. Jamie Foxx performed brilliantly as Curtis and conveyed the character's corruption. Apart from supplying exuberant showmanship, Eddie Murphy enacted Jimmy's downfall. With depths, Jennifer Hudson debuted wonderfully and enraptured as Effie.

Bill Condon successfully transformed Eyen's book into a screenplay. It has essences of real-life occurrences. The plot's flowing. It Captures inequities and tragic realities of the music industry. It's emotionally-impacting. The script is actually faithful to the show. It descents into the musical numbers smoothly. Songs engage the storyline. The characters of the piece are compelling. The characters of Effie and Curtis surprised me. The movie concludes satisfyingly.

The film is sterling representation. It's superior to a 'certain' motion-picture from 1978. My only gripes with the movie are the removal of Deena's sections from When I First Saw You and the song Ain't No Party. Anyhow, Condon also directed the film beautifully. Laurence Mark did their job correctly as producer. Thank you to Paramount and DreamWorks for distributing the film. I honestly deem it one of the grandest musical films of the 21st century.