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Dreamgirls 2006

Directed by Bill Condon · 130 mins · 1,723 views

4.1 Letterboxd 3.64(94,445)
Ratings C ✨ H K A K B J K E

Synopsis

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

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Reviews (88)

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    chesca 8 月 23, 2026

    IMAGINE SAYING “your voice has no personality and no depth” TO BEYONCÈ’S FACE. embarrassing

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    Don’t ever watch this movie with me because I sing these songs like I freaking wrote them

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    hustlerss 8 月 23, 2026

    cinema has yet to top the “It’s All Over / And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” sequence and probably never will. everyone deserved Oscars for that scene alone

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    KEYON 8 月 23, 2026

    Effie queen.

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    alan 8 月 23, 2026

    jennifer hudson is like, the most talented person on earth

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    kiron 8 月 23, 2026

    shein jackson 5 😭😭😭

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    bel 8 月 23, 2026

    ok SO many things happened. 1) John Krasinkski is in this for a split second 2) they use the same hotel that brad pitt chases k*vin sp*cey in se7en 3) if you close your eyes donkey from shrek is in dreamgirls

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    James (Schaffrillas) 8 月 23, 2026

    I somehow didn’t realize that was Beyonce until the end credits

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    kayla 8 月 23, 2026

    god, if i could sing like jennifer hudson i would literally never shut up

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    Eric Eidelstein 8 月 23, 2026

    I love that Beyoncé is supposed to be a mediocre singer.

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    ani 8 月 23, 2026

    was kind of taken aback at hearing eddie murphy sing before remembering the end credits songs of every single shrek movie

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    RT Hardiman 8 月 23, 2026

    The audacity of Beyoncé to star in a movie so similar to the story of Destiny’s Child is jaw dropping

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  13. ୭

    one of my FAVOURITE childhood movies !!!!! I love you Effie !!!!!!!

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    Kathy 8 月 21, 2026

    The previews on my dvd of this movie were Shrek 3 and Transformers

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    TaotheGeek 8 月 21, 2026

    What a beautiful beautiful film!

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    Rai4ever 8 月 21, 2026

    As a glee fan I loved it

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    leonemj 8 月 21, 2026

    beautiful experience. 2 hours 20 director’s cut is nothing i could listen to these voices forever. a completely maxed out dial of everything i love this is definitely one of the best things ive seen all year. idk if i can watch anything else today i might just rw this boxd.it/UGq3Y

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    itsiago 8 月 21, 2026

    é um filme tao legal e tão antigo que foi gratificante ver, uma história muito boa e extremamente cultural mostrando a realidade crua de como negros eram roubados e desvalorizados no ramo musical, acho que todos que amam a cultura musical deveriam assistir esse filme pós é um musical incrível

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    QueenKitana 8 月 21, 2026

    “Deena, you know why I chose you to sing lead? Because your voice has no personality.” I wish I had a voice with no personality like Beyoncé. 😂😂😂

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    ThatOneMich 8 月 21, 2026

    this movie is a staple for black culture and the transformation between all three members from beginning to end is nothing short of stellar.

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    smhugo 8 月 21, 2026

    lit ass film cute ass ending

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    Tamaki 8 月 20, 2026

    Huuuuuge nostalgia kick for me. I hardly remember so much of my childhood but I DO remember watching this in the theater as a child in Japan with my caramel popcorn and being entranced and immediately looking for the sound track. This was my Wicked I think. I mean Who could blame a girl…. Even just the outfits have the pizzaz I want, and they did NOT hold back on color.

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    Lukas12304 8 月 20, 2026

    Sometimes finding your voice means finally realizing you don’t need anyone’s permission to use it. There’s something so powerful about watching women fight to be heard in a world that keeps deciding how much space they’re allowed to take. 🎤 Special mention: Jennifer Hudson absolutely owns “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” — that performance is basically an emotional explosion. And Beyoncé’s “Listen” is the perfect reminder that sometimes the strongest thing you can do is stop waiting for someone else to hear you and start listening to yourself.

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    Aimee-Jayne 8 月 20, 2026

    I absolutely love this movie! 🥲.

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    elliebee91 8 月 20, 2026

    The killer soundtrack, Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy’s performances, the amazing costume design, are all the real stars of this movie! After Jennifer Hudson’s iconic delivery of “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going”, the movie struggles with pacing and drags during certain parts in the second half. But it’s still a classic, even as someone who doesn’t usually enjoy musicals.

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    sophiameow11 8 月 20, 2026

    music and cast is peak beautiful 😻

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    murilo_cana 8 月 20, 2026

    preciso q a jennifer hudson cante em todos os filmes existentes

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    Nicole 8 月 20, 2026

    They sang this song on glee

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    anni ⋆。°✩ ✮ ྂ 8 月 20, 2026

    I’m not going.

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    Blade5 8 月 19, 2026

    This film was far too serious to be hearing Eddie Murphy sing with Donkey’s voice

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    Zachary C 8 月 19, 2026

    Rewatch it with my mom recently, and it still holds up wonderfully

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    lani ੈ✩‧₊˚ 8 月 19, 2026

    ai generated jackson five

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    Kelsea 8 月 19, 2026

    A classic! Takes me right back to high school. Eddie was robbed, Jennifer sang from her GUT, and both versions of “Cadillac Car” have been engrained in my brain for some reason since this first came out.

    3
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    keira 8 月 19, 2026

    Is this how the rest of Destiny’s Child felt? Fr though Effie may be a diva but I would too be that dramatic and petty, like she earnt that high horse

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    dannan___ 8 月 19, 2026

    If Curtis has 0 haters I’m dead 😑

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    Michael Luciano 8 月 19, 2026

    Turn the wigs around! Anika, Jennifer, and Beyoncé were wonderful as a trio. I always love seeing Donny Glover act his ass off. God, I would do anything to see the ‘80s Broadway production of this.

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    Padme Amimama 8 月 19, 2026

    เริ่ด อยากสวยเหมือนบียอนเซ่อะแม่ (me when I knew what is base on true story bout who 🥶🥶🥶 messy af)

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    Breana 8 月 19, 2026

    Incredible singing (obviously), stage production, and costumes, but wished for tighter pacing at times. Glad to have finally watched this!

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    burlykino 8 月 19, 2026

    Loved the hell out of it. Great story, amazing performances (Eddie should’ve gotten that Oscar), fabulous music sequences. The fastest two hours I’ve experienced in a while. And I’m not really a musical guy. Also, Beyonce should’ve done more movie work. Could’ve achieved great things.

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    edenkg8 8 月 19, 2026

    Sooo good omg Jennifer Hudson put her all into this not to mention Eddie Murphy playing his part perfectly wow. From the outfit choices down to the way they showed how music progressed through time, this movie did great.

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    arthals 8 月 19, 2026

    O filme tem boas músicas e bons momentos, ele sai de uma história simples de sucesso e nos traz alguns temas mais complexos, como avanços sociais, preconceitos, procura de espaço, a construção de uma carreira de sucesso, mostrando toda a sua beleza e feiura, acho que se todas as filmografia tivessem a liberdade de contar a historia de seus biogrados como esse filme tomou, nos teríamos histórias mais interessantes e complexas de nossas estrelas.

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    yzeedmvs 8 月 18, 2026

    If you think about it this is just a beyonce discography

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    uwufuf 8 月 18, 2026

    Ovviamente Beyoncé era ovunque all’epoca vuoi che non ci fosse anche in questo ambientato negli anni 60, che poi farmi credere che le donne all’epoca fossero rilevanti nella musica e non che fossero rilegate a fare le vocalist fa ridere.

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    sunissilly 8 月 18, 2026

    very good but not spiderman

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    Igory SUPERSTAR 8 月 18, 2026

    Jennifer Hudson singing ‘And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going’ changed my life, she played the fuck out of that role

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    Jacop 8 月 18, 2026

    jennifer hudson ti meriti ancora altri 100 oscar

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    kooki_ 8 月 18, 2026

    Although a dick move in the film for the betrayal aspect, real life has proven it’s a smart business choice to make Beyoncé the lead of your worldwide hit musical girl group. Also I feel bad that the only version of ‘One Night Only’ I knew beforehand was Curtis’s party bop version and not Jennifer Hudson’s insanely good solo version. Honestly insane how in her first proper film appearance she’s on par and even surpasses Beyoncé, especially with that rendition…

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    Ian Lawrence 8 月 18, 2026

    Like, I get that Deena isn’t as “dramatic” a role as Effie, but man looking back on the awards cycle for this film Beyoncé really got robbed. We all know J.Hud deserved her flowers for this, no question about that, but B didn’t come to play, either! Oh and Eddie Murphy, too! And coung on Anika to squeeze every bit of good acting out of a pretty one dimensional role. At the SAME time, WHO thought it was a good…

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    plsb4rll 8 月 18, 2026

    The BEST musical ever. It’s so beautiful, soundtrack is amazing, cast is stacked and acting like their rent was dueee! I feel so passionate about this masterpiece. I was right to love this film at 5

    1
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    omb 8 月 18, 2026

    A musical with Beyoncé AND Jennifer AND anika, this is blessing my ears

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    jenn 8 月 18, 2026

    how can people say any of the women are the villains when men are there

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    p1nkflame317 8 月 18, 2026

    This movie is so fab

    1
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    linda 8 月 18, 2026

    and im telling you im not going is one of my go to belt out in the shower songs. god bless my family’s ears

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    rupaulslefttoe 8 月 18, 2026

    LISTEENNNNNNN

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    🫀 8 月 18, 2026

    didn’t realize deena was played by beyoncé at first and my gf had to tell me 😭😭😭 lowkey the most embarrassing thing ever

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    emilyy 8 月 18, 2026

    tell me why I wasn’t introduced to this earlier holy shit genuinely had chills throughout everything, truly astonishing. Jennifer Hudson the woman you are, also being blinded by Beyoncé’s face card. new obsession thank you 😍

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    Squeewar 8 月 18, 2026

    The problem is ALWAYS a fuckass man

    1
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    tanner 8 月 18, 2026

    It’s a fun watch. The pacing is a little off and the story itself doesn’t get much time to flesh out, and right when it’s about to, there’s another song and another timeskip with it. Jennifer Hudson isn’t bad, but I wasn’t overly impressed by her other than her singing. Loved her performances of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” and “I am Changing” but I don’t think she needed an Oscar for them even if she does…

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    Yetcha 8 月 17, 2026

    Excellente adaptation de la comédie musicale de Broadway. Les acteurs sont parfaits, notamment la jeune Jennifer Hudson (d’ailleurs “oscarisée” pour son interprétation). L’ancrage sur la réalité des chanteurs, des événements de l’époque en cette période de forte ségrégation raciale est un vraie plus. En dernier lieu, le sous-titrage des chansons est vraiment une très bonne chose afin de profiter au maximum de la profondeur du

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    Fien Mascini 8 月 17, 2026

    I LOVE BEYONCÉ

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    yzeedmvs 8 月 17, 2026

    I dont do oohs and aahs baby

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    NoahOL 8 月 17, 2026

    Yeah I watched And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going twice

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    nup 8 月 17, 2026

    Thank you beyonce ❤️

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    onethrustman 8 月 17, 2026

    and i’m telling youuuu

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    Sips02 8 月 17, 2026

    This movie is just so gooooood

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    keanenair 8 月 17, 2026

    Sing!!!

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    ceeesaur 8 月 17, 2026

    tHEY SANG THIS ON GLEE

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    Justyce_ 8 月 16, 2026

    Beautiful movie with beautiful vocals. I really enjoyed this musical, and Jennifer Hudson’s vocals brought me to tears. Literally. I did however take a star away because I didn’t like the whole not blurting out the pregnancy, etc and the mistreatment of the women in the movie. However the movie was really good besides little scenes

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    J Rubens III 8 月 16, 2026

    I literally laughed when the white boy who can’t sing for shit tried to sing the same song donkey, Beyoncé, princess tiana, a judge of the voice, and electro wrote

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    Nikisha 8 月 16, 2026

    If you can’t recite “It’s all over” from memory, do you even like this movie?

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    krtelliott 8 月 16, 2026

    This movie came out 20 years ago and I thought the Dreamettes were a real group and I thought they were literally called “Dreamgirls.”

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    caleb 8 月 16, 2026

    absolute perfection…FLIP THE WIGS AROUND

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    Luiscervantes15 8 月 16, 2026

    No soy fan de los musicales, pero Dios los vocals de todos, y beyonce Sirviendo Rostro cada que puede

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    eliza 8 月 16, 2026

    jennifer hudson is and always will be that (academy award winning) BITCH

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    zack 8 月 16, 2026

    Hangover rewatch perfect

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    nat s 8 月 16, 2026

    perfection (watched at Camp Natalie for my 30th)

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    pjdbttm 8 月 16, 2026

    beyonce i love u

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    ruan 8 月 16, 2026

    effie eu vou te dar o mundo fia tu vai ver

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    wdasilva 8 月 16, 2026

    Haven’t watched in so long !!!! Just perfect perfect performances throughout. Jennifer Hudson my gosh. Need to watch on stage . Just Unreal.!Rough and Black baby !!!! 🌟

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    Ryan 8 月 16, 2026

    Greatest Broadway adaptation ever made I don’t care what yall got to say!

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    slyfoxx 8 月 16, 2026

    So damn boring

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    jadebenheart 8 月 15, 2026

    It’s wild that Eddie Murphy didn’t do anything *like this* again. Because other than the OBVIOUS show stoppers Bey and Jennifer, he is a show stealer. Very funny that we popped off two Eddie Murphy and two John Lithgow movies in a day, even funnier that one was this movie and the other was Shrek. Lol.

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    Talles Kruger 8 月 7, 2026

    Roubaram tudo da menina e o prêmio de consolação foi aparição no show final da banda kkkkkkkkkkkk.

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    lilacbttfly 8 月 7, 2026

    Musical bom mas nao um dos favoritos

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    Obailey101 8 月 6, 2026

    Couldn’t watch Les Miserables, but this did the job. Also since when could Eddie Murphy sing?

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    medina 7 月 4, 2026

    FIQUEI ARREPIADA COM OS VOCAIS QUE FILME MARAVILHOSO TA

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    Katie 1 月 26, 2026

    Jennifer Hudson sang her ass off in this movie, outshined even Beyoncé!

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    aurevcn 6 月 30, 2008

    I am not a big fan of Beyoncé but Jennifer Hudson is incredible in this movie. Her performance is easily the highlight for me and she brings so much emotion and power to the character. The music is amazing and the performances are really strong throughout the movie. I also liked the costumes and the whole 60s and 70s atmosphere. The story about fame, ambition and friendship is really interesting and the movie does a great job showing how success can change people. Jennifer Hudson completely steals the show.

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J Jamie Foxx Curtis Taylor Jr.
B Beyoncé Deena Jones
E Eddie Murphy James 'Thunder' Early
D Danny Glover Marty Madison
J Jennifer Hudson Effie White
A Anika Noni Rose Lorrell Robinson
K Keith D. Robinson C.C. White
S Sharon Leal Michelle Morris
H Hinton Battle Wayne
M Mariah Iman Wilson Magic
Y Yvette Cason May
K Ken Page Max Washington
R Ralph Louis Harris M.C.
M Michael-Leon Wooley Tiny Joe Dixon
L Loretta Devine Jazz Singer
J John Lithgow Jerry Harris
J John Krasinski Sam Walsh
A Alexander Folk Ronald White
E Esther Scott Aunt Ethel
B Bobby Slayton Miami Comic
Director Bill Condon
Writer Bill Condon
Producer Laurence Mark
Executive Producer Patricia Whitcher
Editor Virginia Katz
Original Music Tom Eyen, Henry Krieger
Sound Michael Minkler, George Simpson, David Esparza, Bob Beemer, Donald Flick, Richard E. Yawn, Willie D. Burton, Christopher Moriana, Catherine Harper, Robert Ulrich
Special Effects Donald Frazee
Stunts John Cenatiempo, Dick Ziker
Art Direction John Berger, Jann K. Engel, Tomas Voth
Casting Debra Zane, Jay Binder, Jeremy Rich, Tannis Vallely
Synopsis
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
Director
Bill Condon
Writer
Bill Condon
Studio
DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Laurence Mark Productions
Country
USA
Language
English
Year
2006
Runtime
130 mins

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