Sparkle (Blu-ray) PG-13

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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: November 30, 2012
  • Originally Released: 2012
  • Label: Sony Pictures

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Entertainment Reviews:

Fresh78%

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Total Count: 18

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 875
Inertly plotted, haltingly paced, further embarrassed by Bob Hoskins in shyly lovesick mode, this broken-backed mess is fitfully illuminated by Anthony Head in a camp turn and the American Stockard Channing, her style as immaculate as her English accent. Full Review
Financial Times
Aug 17, 2007
Rating: 2/5 -- The plot of Sparkle fails to shine. Full Review
The Sun (UK)
Aug 17, 2007
Rating: 3.5/5 -- Strongly natural performances and a likeable cast, plus a subtle examination of more serious themes, make it well worth seeing. Full Review
Shadows on the Wall
Aug 17, 2007
Rating: 3/5 -- The Graduate comes to London in this thoughtful Britcom. Full Review
Independent (UK)
Aug 17, 2007
Rating: 3/5 -- Thank heavens for Hoskins, Manville and Channing, whose weathered sparkle is enough to satisfy none-too-demanding rom-com requirements. Full Review
Total Film
Aug 17, 2007
Rating: 3/5 -- An appealing little British comedy with a fun concept, a witty script and an uplifting ending. Bob Hoskins is a real stand-out: if only the film's hero had his sparkle. Full Review
Film4
Aug 17, 2007
3 stars out of 5 -- [T]his one makes for a emotional time in the theater....SPARKLE exists as an artifact and beacon, a memorial to and about Whitney Houston.
Box Office
Aug 17, 2012

Product Description:

A talented young woman is torn between her dreams and her family in this musical. Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) has been blessed with a beautiful voice and a gift for songwriting, but she's afraid to perform her songs in public, in part because her mother Emma (Whitney Houston), a former entertainer whose career brought her nothing but heartache, refuses to allow her daughters to sing outside of church. But Sparkle persuades her older sibling Sister (Carmen Ejogo) to sing one of her tunes at a talent show, and the reaction proves that Sister has star quality and Sparkle can write potential hits. An ambitious would-be manager, Stix (Derek Luke), persuades Sparkle and Sister to form a singing group with their sibling Dolores (Tika Sumpter), but while the act clicks wit audiences, the sisters have to contend with their angry mother, Sister gets caught up in a destructive relationship with a short-tempered comedian (Mike Epps), and Sparkle finds herself falling in love with Stix. Based on the 1976 musical of the same name, SPARKLE proved to be the last major project for Whitney Houston, who died while the film was in post-production; it was also the first feature film for AMERICAN IDOL champion Sparks.

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