It’s like the movie’s in a rush to get to the next cliché. Similarly, the opening sets up the drama of Sparkle’s lack of confidence and her reliance on Sister’s swagger to sing her songs we know this will eventually be resolved, but the film doesn’t really do anything with it, other than to pay occasional lip service on the way to a triumphant musical finale. When Sister abandons Levi to be with Satin, you figure the movie’s not done with Levi yet but he shows up so cursorily later on you wonder if maybe entire plot threads have been left on the cutting-room floor. Said man arrives in the form of local personality Satin Struthers (Mike Epps), a comic sidekick on a TV show.
For her part, Sister lets Levi take her out but clearly wants a man with more money. Sister and Her Sisters (that’s the girl band’s name) are touted by energetic young wannabe-manager Stix (Derek Luke), who falls for Sparkle and hustles pool at nights to buy their new wardrobes, and his cousin Levi (Omari Hardwick), who’s in love with Sister. Mom doesn’t allow for much besides Bible study, so the girls wait until she falls asleep before they sneak out to perform.
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The story’s about a trio of supremely talented sisters in late sixties Detroit - Sister (Carmen Ejogo, lovely and energetic) is the sexy one who sings lead, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks, who sadly has no charisma away from the microphone) is the shy one who writes, and Dolores (Tika Sumpter, who threatens to steal the movie right out from under everybody) is the tough one who just wants to go to med school - and their God-fearing mother, Emma (Whitney Houston), who herself briefly tried to become a singer but was almost destroyed by the music biz. Sparkle starts off as your typical musician’s-rise-to-greatness picture before taking a left turn into tacky melodrama and finally giving up altogether. These numbers, frankly, display a professionalism and confidence that most of the rest of the movie can’t match. Director Salim Akil shoots his actors with finesse as they sing, almost caressing them with the camera, while also showing us the audience and the sense of community engendered by the music.
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Kelly) are beautiful, the performances full of life. The songs (a mixture of pieces from the original 1976 movie, written by Curtis Mayfield, and newer ones, written by R. First, the good news: The musical numbers in Sparkle are great.
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