Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Micitype Pretty Good

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Jay Raskin The only thing I knew about Dorothy Dandridge before seeing this film was her terrific performance in "Carmen Jones." I now feel that I know much more about her life and the times she lived in.The beginning of the film is a little disjointed, but it becomes more fascinating as it goes along. The best parts of the movie are scenes with Brent Spinner (Star Trek: next Generation) as her manager, Earl Wills, and Klaus Maria Brandauer (Mephisto) as film director Otto Preminger. They are both men who fall in love with Ms. Dandridge, despite the horribly racist nature of the times.The film is at its best when it shows the talent of Ms. Dandridge (well-played by Halle Berry who won an Emmy for it) and when it shows the incredible racism of the time she lived in. The film avoids the real horror and ugliness of the time (lynchings, poverty and unjust imprisonment of blacks) but makes the point that even the most sophisticated and brilliant Black people at the time faced ridiculous and inhuman discrimination.It is a good and important movie and probably reflects Ms. Dandridge's self image very well. See it especially if you are a movie fan. Seeing the Nicolas Brothers, Marilyn Monroe and Darrell F. Zanuck in a few scenes is especially fun and worth the price of admission, as they say.

lastliberal Long before Barack Obama wasn't considered "Black" enough, Dorothy Dandridge suffered the same criticism. Black or not, she was beautiful and could sing like a meadowlark.Looking at old pictures of Dandridge, you could see why Halle Berry was chosen. She is Dandridge brought back to life. She may not have the pipes of Dandridge, but she sure can act, and has the Emmy and Golden Globe to prove it! Playing the First African American actress to get an Best Actress nomination (for Carmen Jones) was the First African American actress to win the Oscar for Best Actress (for Monster's Ball).Klaus Maria Brandauer (Out of Africa) was magnificent as Otto Preminger, one of the men who used Dandridge.This film is extremely important, not only for the fact that is chronicles the life of one of America's best, but also for the reminder that most of us never had to pee in a cup or watch a pool drained because we put our toe in it.

HerbertRousch There's a really interesting story here of a woman not allowed to soar to the stratosphere of stardom due to racism. Unfortunately, the film is rather standard-issue TV bio drama. Halle Berry is a very beautiful woman and tries very hard and succeeds at times to make Dorothy Dandridge a complex figure but many of the other characters are stereotypes.

evelyn-jones7 Although Halle Berry is a very beautiful actress. She was not very credible as Dorothy Dandridge. I have seen Ms. Dandridge in several movie parts and she was strong, sassy, fiery and very emotional. Halle just did not capture the soul and depth of Ms. Dandridge. It was a nice effort but I would have rather seen an actress in that part who embodies the depth and personal character of Ms. Dandridge. Ms. Dandridge and Halle have beauty in common, but that is all. Ms. Dandridge's physical beauty was only the top layer of many layers as to who she really was. I would have chosen a young African-American actress by the name of Tamala Jones for the part. She is so "Dorothy". Her resemblance to Ms. Dandridge is physical as well as characteristic. But that's Hollywood for you...always tempted to choose beauty over talent for many a role. The awards Halle received for the role were undeserved on the one hand, but deserved in honor and on behalf of Ms. Dandridge, who truly is the one and only person who deserved them so very long ago.