Bought this off the back of Condon's Mr Holmes but this Broadway adaptation is a curious choice as - for one thing - it pretends it isn't a full-on musical for the first third, and the story and contrivances are rather cheesy, despite the serious background (efforts of black R&B artists to get onto white playlists). Ultra clichéd really, e.g the very ending.
Good editing but too much of it - there's hardly a single song routine which isn't edited to shit (Virginia Katz). With all this live singing and people who can perform it would have been nice just to see it integrally. Lyrics leave something to be desired also. Nice photography by Tobias Schliessler.
Standout performance from Jennifer Hudson, who won Oscar, plus Beyoncé, Anika Noni Rose and Sharon Leal, who all do their own singing; and Jaime Foxx, Danny Glover, Keith Robinson, Eddie Murphy.
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