Sparkle

Som banal underhållning utan hjärna men med mycket hjärta fungerar den dock utmärkt.

...a full-bodied musical melodrama that acquires a melancholy undertone because it features the last performance by Whitney Houston.

Sparkle is funny, likable and watchable, with some nice performances, particularly from Bob Hoskins as a lovelorn older man.

...hits all the compulsory aspects of an entertaining, trying-to-make-it story...

Houston is convincing as the loving but inflexible mom.