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By Courtney Shea (11) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 16 Aug 2012

Anyone who has seen Dream Girls, What's Love Got To Do With It? or even The Doors will find themselves in familiar (if inferior) territory here…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 16 Aug 2012

It's nice that Sparkle honors the memory of Motown's heyday; if only it could have lived up to those standards…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 16 Aug 2012

For a movie called Sparkle, the absolutely least interesting or central thing about it is Sparkle (and Sparks), although the Idol singer does…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 16 Aug 2012

While Sparkle doesn't give the audience a lasting memory of Houston's voice at its most soaring, it does manage to provide a lingering sense…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 15 Aug 2012

Sparkle, while occasionally silly in a way that made a preview audience titter, is decent entertainment…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 15 Aug 2012

A strong cast, empathetic direction and memorable soundtrack help create a movie that does everyone proud…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 15 Aug 2012

There's too much going on, but the good stuff, led by the late Ms. I Wanna Dance With Somebody, is really good…

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By Eric Henderson (366) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Aug 2012

Whitney Houston's death is just about the only thing that gives the film real, albeit mostly unintentional, life…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 15 Aug 2012

It's been engineered as a vehicle for pop starlet Jordin Sparks…

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By Kevin C. Johnson (66) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 15 Aug 2012

Energetic, colorful and packed with strong performances and musical numbers good enough to get by, Sparkle beams brightly…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 15 Aug 2012

Better than the original, still a little worn…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 15 Aug 2012

Sparkle isn't blindingly original but it delivers solid entertainment, and despite the clichés I was never for a moment bored…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 15 Aug 2012

Most of the stuff that's new in the new Sparkle, written by Mara Brock Akil (who is married to the director), is shrewd and cleverly considered…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 15 Aug 2012

The look, styles, dialogue and attitudes all feel more 21st century than 1968, but this new Sparkle still sparkles more brightly than its 1976…

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By Randy Cordova (352) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 15 Aug 2012

Sparkle is pure melodrama, but it's a high-powered, well-acted, entertaining melodrama. You may not always believe it, but you won't be bored…

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By Steve Persall (1,105) for Tampa Bay Times (1,287) on 15 Aug 2012

Sparkle may wind up as Ejogo's breakthrough but will forever be remembered as Houston's swan song, and a glimpse of what her next life chapter…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 15 Aug 2012

It's a better movie than what's inspired it, but that fails to explain much…

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By Mary Pols (197) for Time (1,811) on 15 Aug 2012

Sparkle, while occasionally silly in a way that made a preview audience titter, is decent entertainment…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 15 Aug 2012

In many ways Sparkle is a bumpy ride. The editing is haphazard, the cinematography too dark, and there are holes in the story…

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By Andrew Barker (315) for Variety (12,700) on 15 Aug 2012

Sparkle deals in such well-worn rise-and-fall music-bio tropes that it's hard to blame it for simply coasting on narrative shorthand at times…

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