Top billed cast

1. 

   Jamie Foxx

   Curtis Taylor Jr.

2. 

   Beyoncé

   Deena Jones

3. 

   Eddie Murphy

   James 'Thunder' Early

4. 

   Danny Glover

   Marty Madison

5. 

   Jennifer Hudson

   Effie White

6. 

   Anika Noni Rose

   Lorrell Robinson

7. 

   Keith D. Robinson

   C.C. White

8. 

   Sharon Leal

   Michelle Morris

9. 

   Hinton Battle

   Wayne

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-10-21

Jennifer Hudson is simply superb in this musical roller-coaster of a film. She is "Effie" whom, along with "Deena" (Beyoncé Knowles) and "Lorrell" (Anika Noni Rose), form a trio of singers aspiring to fame and fortune. Along the way, they encounter the usual suite of difficulties - bigotry, racism and misogyny as well as having to deal with their own personal rivalries. They are signed by Detroit used car salesman "Curtis" (Jamie Foxx) to back his established, womanising, star "James Early" (Eddie Murphy) and soon their star seems fixed. That is, until "Curtis" decides to dispense with the se...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$70,000,000.00

Revenue
$154,937,680.00

Keywords

• show business
• drug addiction
• musical
• deceived wife
• recording contract
• background singer
• motown
• record producer
• singing
• detroit, michigan
• alcoholic
• extramarital affair
• music manager
• female singers
• women singer
• african american romance
• african american musical