Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at dreamgirls.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Dreamgirls.
Examples
-
After two weeks in Bangkok, "Dreamgirls" is now in Chiang Mai - but only on two screens as opposed to the five for "Rocky Balboa", the only other new film here this week.
-
Pregame producer Ricky Minor said Hudson's two cellphones lit up "like slot machines" after her performance, and she received a moving text message from Jamie Foxx, her co-star in Dreamgirls, her Oscar movie.
-
While Murphy was pretty good in Dreamgirls, he seems to have peaked (comedically) in 1996's Nutty Professor; similar projects since (e.g. Doctor Dolittle, Bowfinger, etc) have all been complete disappointments.
Brett Ratner Continues Life Support on Eddie Murphy's Career « FirstShowing.net 2008
-
"Dreamgirls is a white moviemaker's sorta wrongheaded but sincerely besotted Afro fantasia, destined to go in the Ebony subscriber's collection alongside Carmen Jones, Wattstax, Sparkle, The Color Purple and Coming to America," writes Steven Boone at the House Next Door.
-
In the Independent, Nick Hasted: "The fact that Bill Condon's [Dreamgirls] is a travesty, replacing some of the 20th century's finest music with unmemorable showtunes and hack melodrama, only confirms what a string of recent releases suggest: that current cinema cannot cope with the story of rock and soul music, and seems tame and timid by comparison."
-
Eddie Murphy and fIlm newcomer Jennifer Hudson won Golden Globes for supporting roles in Dreamgirls, which was nominated for five categories.
-
"Dreamgirls is a souped-up, collectors'-edition replica of a model that Detroit - I mean Hollywood - used to turn out with ease and regularity," writes AO Scott in the New York Times.
-
Update, 12/22: Slate's Dana Stevens: For all its flaws, Dreamgirls is what this holiday season needs.
-
The trailer, or should I say teaser, for Dreamgirls is online and it's so disappointing you feel cheated out of the time spent watching it.
-
The trailer, or should I say teaser, for Dreamgirls is online and it's so disappointing you feel cheated out of the time spent watching it.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.