it doesn't deserve crap

I agree this deserves a higher rating, at least a 7.

This rating is just another example of how movies with black casts are ALWAYS rated low on IMDb. I can't think of one movie with an all black cast except for The Color Purple that has a high rating on this site.

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You have to take into account the people who rate it a one because it has a mostly black cast and haven't seen the movie. I read online that there are militia groups KKK or otherwise that come onto sites like these movies low ratings purposely.
Not that I'd ever really take IMDB ratings seriously.
And this musical is great but I think it's one that grows on ya after watching it a few more times I'm able to like an sing the songs a bit more. And while some might not agree it's as great at things like Grease and West Side Story but some songs in this movie are far more moving than any of the songs in those films/plays.

'Dreamgirls' is in the same league with 'Chicago' (2002); this mean a very very good musical! I give it 7,5!

Well, of course it's not the same as Across the Universe, West Side Story, Oliver, or Grease: Dreamgirls was loosely based on the lives of real people in the Motown world, with a couple of incidents of creative licensing. Only someone existing in a cryogenic chamber for the past 40 years would be unable to recognize Berry Gordy (master manipulator and unfaithful cretin), Diana Ross (minimally talented opportunist and home wrecker), Florence Ballard (the truly talented voice of the group, but tortured and pushed aside for Berry's and Diana's plans) and the other pop references made in the storyline. It's obvious that you don't know the social history behind the relationship between Gordy & Ross and the rest of the Motown stable of talent (Berry Gordy even went so far as to maneuver Marvin Gaye into marrying Gordy's sister, just to keep an eye on him), so the movie Dreamgirls doesn't appeal to you.

If you're speaking of Across the Universe, then you're right it wasn't the same; it was much better! This movie at least had a story and tangible characters to it. Across the Universe was just one long music video.

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J.

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I was also very surprised. This film deserves the hype that it received and certainly deserves more than a 6.6 rating. My rating - 8/10

Don't take IMDb ratings serious. This is one of the best musicals of all time. It deserved 8.0 in my opinion.

It's lower than Basic Instinct and Saw among othersblasphemy.
Gleek Represent!

I agree, it should definitely be rated higher, this movie is awesome.