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Sparkle

2012

Salim Akil

Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Carmen Ejogo ...

5.4

372

Drama. Musical Three sisters form a successful singing group and must deal with the fallout of fame and drugs.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	Houston's performance proves that this could have been the first step not merely in a comeback but in a major re-invention. She had the instincts of a superb character actress"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Sparkle' isn't blindingly original but it delivers solid entertainment, and despite the clichés I was never for a moment bored (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Whitney Houston deserved better than to go out onscreen with this botch job remake of a 1976 soap opera that never deserved another thought (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG

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