I love screen musicals like Chicago and even Step Up, but Sparkle for a new age is too old a vibe. Throughout this mediocre musical retreading, too few musical numbers occur, and when they do, they too loosely fit the storyline of the emerging trio and infrequently give the audience superior music. Satin scoops up the flashiest, sexiest of the sisters only to make everyone sorry he did. Sparkle - Satin and Sister 15,466 views Mike Epps and Carmen Ejogo Scene from Sparkle (2012) 115 Dislike Share Save Dezmond Harris 7.16K subscribers 10 Add a comment. Wait, wait, I have another more unsympathetically clichéd character: Satin, the black TV comedian, played smarmy and brutal as is convention by Mike Epps. Houston's role of the overprotective mother may be slightly more rewarding than Derek Luke's as the loving, sometimes manipulative and self-centered manager. Suffice it to say the languid 116 minutes contain the usual ups and downs associated with singing groups on film with the obvious purpose to crown one as a star. American Idol's Jordin Sparks plays Sparkle, the most demure of three singing sisters in the early sixties but potentially the most talented of them all through her writing. Those flaws play out, as does a romance between Stix and Sparkle, in between musical numbers, most of them drawing on the classic Curtis Mayfield songs from the 1976 movie. But the late star should have known that the old star is born motif needs more than clichés, and I wish she hadn't awarded herself the most thankless role in the movie. But Sister, who has had some rough times, wants more money than Levi can muster and soon enough is drawn to Satin, only to find that his money glosses over some serious flaws. The year's most tedious musical, the new Sparkle, has hit the late summer screens with a whimper, and that includes all the respect I can give to producer and supporting actress Whitney Houston.
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