Celebrate the legend
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter |
| Director |
Salim Akil |
| Screenplay | Mara Brock Akil, Howard Rosenman |
| Music | Salaam Remi |
| Cinematography | Anastas N. Michos |
| Editing | Terilyn A. Shropshire |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2012 |
| Produced by | Akil Production Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Stage 6 Films, TDJ Enterprises / New Dimension Entertainment |
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| Genre | Drama, musical |
| Language | Mild, infrequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong, brief |
| Prejudice | Very mild, infrequent |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Strong, brief |
| Comments | None |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Latoys Newman  A coming-of-age story | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Rozanne Els | 10 | |
| Box Office Sara Maria Vizcarrondo Make no mistake, for all the fans lured in by Houston's last screen performance and women lured in by a career story about female bonds, Sparkle exists as an artifact and beacon, a memorial to and about Whitney Houston. | 10 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Sparkle isn't blindingly original but it delivers solid entertainment, and despite the clichés I was never for a moment bored. | 15 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers In a movie that feels fake to its core, Houston is the genuine article. She will be much missed. | 5 |  |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs A dull and melodramatic collection of stale clichés | 6 | |
| Metacritic.com 28 critics | 11 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 85 critics | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer While undeniably melodramatic and old-fashioned, Sparkle transcends its formulaic trappings thanks to Salim Akil's empathetic direction and strong performances from a committed cast. | 12 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 11 | |
| Movie Review Intelligence 40 critics | 11 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 1340 Netizens Chix Chat on Film Review: This film sparkles! | 9 | |
Average .. 50% | 10 | |