'Dreamgirls' Is a Triumph of Old School Glamour

NPR | By Kenneth Turan

Published December 15, 2006 at 5:00 AM CST

Based loosely on the career of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dreamgirls is alive with the sound of music.

It's a love song two times over, a tribute to both a vibrant period of American popular music and the big budget Hollywood musical.

Kenneth Turan

Kenneth Turan is the film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR's Morning Edition, as well as the director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post and TV Guide, and served as the Times' book review editor.

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