The rare movie musical with real rapture in it. For the electrifying first hour, director Bill Condon stages this candy-colored roman à clef about the rise of the Supremes and Motown as a single, flowing eruption of storytelling energy. Jennifer Hudson's big number is grandly shattering, but since the characters are archetypes, the drama that follows is a bit hollow.
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C-Details Release Date: Dec 25, 2006; Limited Release: Dec 15, 2006; Rated: PG-13; Length: 131 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Musical; With: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce Knowles; Distributors: DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures; More
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