![]() Emma’s past failure hangs over her daughters like a stationary cloud, and Houston does utter one line that reverberates with inescapable real-life implications: “Was my life not enough of a cautionary tale for you?” ![]() One positive alteration right out of the box is changing the mother from what was frankly a boring worn-out domestic to a relatively prosperous middle-class character who never made it as a pop singer but can still bring down the house wailing gospel at church. ![]() Like her siblings, appealing but virginal songwriter Sparkle ( Jordin Sparks) and down-to-earth aspiring med student Dee ( Tika Sumpter), Sister lives at home with their mother Emma (Houston) but can’t wait to get out and sees musical success as her best shot. Unfortunately, she was gone before the movie was half over.Įvidently recognizing that the earlier script was a connect-the-dots affair with little meat on its bones, screenwriter Mara Brock Akil has not only brought the action forward by 10 years but made well-judged decisions about how to revise and moderately enrich the main characters, most of whom bear the same names as before.Īt first, the “Sister and Her Sisters” singing group, like the film itself, gets by on the heart-stopping sex appeal of the Diana Ross-like lead singer, dynamically played with no shortage of allure by the stunning Carmen Ejogo. Set in Harlem in 1958, the original featured Joel Schumacher‘s first produced screenplay, was directed by ace film editor Sam O’Steen and derived most of its force from Lonette McKee‘s sensational performance as the gorgeous and oldest member of a three-sister singing act aiming for the big time.
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