i just saw dreamgirls yesterday and and i be really underimpressed . despite all the oscar buzz and this be nothing special . anyone who be really impress by this film have never bother to see any of the true movie musical classic . except for eddie murphy great musical and dramatic performance and dreamgirls be just a glorified tv movie with no style or flair . just a bunch of amateur sing at each other . now and the first half hour be good and but i be irritate at how eddie murphy terrific raveup performance be truncate and interrupt by montage . those be easily the best song and best performance in the film . and the rise to the top portion of the film be the only part of the film that have a consistent point of view or any momentum . the remain hour and 45 minute be a formless and ramble mess that be neither realistic nor fantastic enough to be interesting . it be also visually dull and include too many sound alike tune . condon do not try to turn any of the tune into big show piece a i would expect they would . each number in the 2nd half be just one closeup after another of people sing at each other . and the way they shoot hudson big love me number be criminal . condon just shoot her stomp around the stage no drama at all . god it sucked . and note to all involve that sing talk dialog stuff might work on stage and but it do not work in movie ( see embarrass failure of evita and phantom ) . all that i will teeeell youuuu something efff ieeee . crap should have be leave on the editing room floor . those aren not song . again and the film except for eddie murphy amaze performance be nothing more than a glorified tv movie . there must have be megabucks behind the pr work for this film . i wonder how much money be spend to give it that pre release one to beat oscar buzz . a a whole this film be and except for eddie and nowhere near an oscar caliber movie . ( except for eddie ) i would rank it right up there with grease 2. big disappointment and especially after all the ( very expen $ i have ) hype .