Review of Dreamgirls (2006) by Mark B — 09 Jun 2010

Could've been tightened up, but still very good.

This review of Dreamgirls (2006) was written by Mark B on 09 Jun 2010.

Dreamgirls has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Dreamgirls

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 20 Aug 2015

I know I'm going to bring down the room by saying I think it's just okay. Well, Jennifer Hudson is more than okay…

Read Review

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Arth J (756) on 15 Oct 2018

Isn't zazzy as its sharp music…

Read Review

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Bill S (2,971) on 24 Aug 2015

Watched half of it twice, finally had a chance to finish it all. Good movie with good music! Very good acts and singing…

Read Review

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 08 Sep 2014

Even with Hudson's triumphant arrival and an overall fizzy mood of singing, dancing, pop nostalgia and camp, Dreamgirls is an uneven crowd pleaser…

Read Review

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Luke M (834) on 04 Jan 2015

With such stunning and magnetic performances from Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson that the film slightly falters when neither is on screen,…

Read Review

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 14 Oct 2014

Dreamgirls may be good enough to win the Oscar for Best Picture - great costumes, sets and choreography help - but despite stellar work by…

Read Review

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Oniku N (78) on 25 Sep 2015

Well, I found the music parts a bit silly to be frank. I can't see Jennifer Hudson with better vocals than Beyonce even if I was on drugs…

Read Review

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Julián D (81) on 10 Nov 2015

Very good movie musical. mrs. hudson is outstanding, as well as eddie murphy. for all of you beyonce haters she's amazing also. overall a great movie…

Read Review

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Kristen P (447) on 08 Oct 2016

I greatly enjoyed this movie. It is incredibly well done in regards to filmmaking & talent…

Read Review

Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Bruno V (991) on 24 Nov 2014

4th time I seen this I think , only this time the singing of the conversations did get a bit on my nerves , and not all the songs off the girls…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Jan 2006

Ought to be the subject of an obituary, not a review…

Read Review

Review of Blade Runner (1982)

By Djalex (9) on 23 Jul 2011

This film has great lighting in it. great set design if it was just for looking at a set…

Read Review

Review of The Apartment (1960)

By The-Lords A (234) on 30 Mar 2013

Can't believe this film won best picture. It was the kind of movie that could have ended at any point, yet it continued to go on, and on, and on…

Read Review

Review of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

By Myron G (1) on 25 Jan 2016

Paul Newman is Brick. Brick has a habit of answering questions with questions. Brick was a football star. Brick had a pal named the Skipper…

Read Review

Review of Lili Marleen (1981)

By Minna S (192) on 17 Mar 2010

Unbelievably and unbearably uninteresting. And it took about 10 minutes to realize this. So the 2 hours were more or less torture…

Read Review

Review of Breathless (1960)

By Marcus W (1,161) on 09 Nov 2016

Tries to be cool and forgets to be interesting or engaging…

Read Review

Review of The King of Comedy (1982)

By Paptimussc (3) on 08 Oct 2019

I watched for 40 minutes before turning it off…

Read Review

Review of Rio Bravo (1959)

By Kaseywol (2) on 17 Jul 2020

Pretty much garbage. I don't know why people once thought John Wayne was a good actor. Unrealistic overly long and brainless…

Read Review

Review of Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

By Broyax (884) on 07 Jul 2022

Ce n’est pas le meilleur film sur la drogue et les drogués, loin de là ; il accumule à dire vrai à peu près tous les clichés imaginables…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Dreamgirls

2006

70%798 Reviews

Young Ones

2014

49%67 Reviews

War of the Arrows

2011

74%93 Reviews

The Mummy Returns

2001

54%711 Reviews

mother!

2017

66%1,757 Reviews

Crimewave

1985

50%81 Reviews

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

1999

79%750 Reviews

Coach Carter

2005

73%644 Reviews

Dante's Peak

1997

52%603 Reviews

Do I Sound Gay?

2015

55%59 Reviews