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Another tale of a Motown group's rise to fame, mainly noteworthy because of Houston's last screen performance. A single mom has raised her three daughters strictly, but they manage to sneak out to practice singing. When an agent puts them together as a group, they follow the typical rise from nobody to somebody before fame brings them trouble and then redemption.


116 minutes, No persons under 13 (Violence, Drug abuse)
Drama, Musical.

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Credits
Cast
Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter
Director
Salim Akil
ScreenplayMara Brock Akil, Howard Rosenman
MusicSalaam Remi
CinematographyAnastas N. Michos
EditingTerilyn A. Shropshire
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2012
Produced byAkil Production Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Stage 6 Films, TDJ Enterprises / New Dimension Entertainment

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FPB Report (SA)
GenreDrama, musical
LanguageMild, infrequent
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceStrong, brief
PrejudiceVery mild, infrequent
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseStrong, brief
CommentsNone
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
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Ratings
Scale (Max)20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarLatoys Newman quote icon 10
Die BurgerRozanne Els10
International Media
Box Office (USA)Sara Maria Vizcarrondo quote icon 10
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert quote icon 15
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers quote icon 5
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs quote icon 6
Metacritic.com28 critics11
RottenTomatoes.com85 critics11
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer quote icon 12
Movie Review Query Engine (USA)MRQE critics quote icon 11
Movie Review Intelligence (USA)40 critics11
Internet (IMDB)1340 Netizens quote icon 9
Average .. 50%10


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