![]() ![]() Sparks is not an actress, and Houston spends most of the movie giving that “Hell to the no” look we saw too often in her reality show. Some intriguing themes about the racial conflicts of the era are raised almost in passing and never developed while the soapy parts of the story drag on and the storyline loses any pretense of believability. The trio becomes more and more successful, but Sister’s life with Satin is filled with domestic abuse and cocaine and she resists her sisters’ efforts to help her. She agrees to marry Satin (Mike Epps), a comedian who specializes in the kind of racial humor that makes white audiences feel comfortable. Their manager is the poor but ambitious Stix (Derek Luke), whose cousin Levi is in love with Sister. ![]() They sneak out at night to perform so their mother does not know. She agrees to sing Sparkle’s songs so she can get money for school and Sister agrees because she likes the money and excitement. The third sister, Dolores (Tika Sumpter), just wants to go to medical school. She does not have the stage presence of her sultry oldest sister, Tammy, known to everyone as Sister (an electrifying Carmen Ejogo) and is too timid to tell the truth about her feelings in her lyrics. But her youngest daughter, Sparkle (“American Idol’s” youngest-ever champion Jordin Sparks) wants to writes songs, and she wants to be a star. She is determined that her daughters will adhere only to the three priorities she drills into them: respect, education, and having a relationship with the Lord.Įmma once tried to make it as a singer herself and is determined that her girls will not suffer the heartbreak she experienced. Was this a cautionary tale? A reflection on her own choices? In this movie she plays Emma, the very strict mother of three musical daughters, living in 1968 Detroit. You can’t help wondering what Whitney Houston was thinking when she decided to co-produce and star in the remake of a flawed but beloved 1976 musical melodrama about a singer who becomes involved with an abusive performer and becomes addicted to drugs. ![]()
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