Sparkle

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First time viewed: Yes
Current Release: No
Watched With: Tyler, Elizabeth, Maria, Richard

This one was watched in a bit of a haze at a party but the story gets across. For a film called sparkle there's not much glitz or glamour on display, it's more of a gritty 70's indie film. Low budget and the filmmaking's a little clunky. It ain't Dreamgirls.

I recognised Joel Schumacher as a producer and one of the writers. He does like The only other person I recognised was Mary Alice, who played the Oracle in the last Matrix film. All the original songs are on a pretty even tempo and I gotta be honest, all kinda sounded the same to me.

Sparkle has a sister and her name is Sister. Amazing.

The film was picked up cheaply on bluray and watched on a whim, mainly out of curiosity. It's rough around the edges, very rough, but the basic structure is there and you might get a kick out of the Motown songs.