Carmen Ejogo Sister as Sister. Whitney Houston Emma as Emma. Derek Luke Stix as Stix. Mike Epps Satin as Satin. Tika Sumpter Dolores as Dolores. Omari Hardwick Levi as Levi. CeeLo Green Black as Black. Curtis Armstrong Larry as Larry. Tamela J. Mann Ms. Sara Waters as Ms. Sara Waters as Tamela Mann. Michael Beach Rev. Bryce as Rev. Sidi Henderson Mr. Bell as Mr. Debra Port Receptionist as Receptionist.
Kem Buddy as Buddy as Kem L. Salim Akil. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A talented young woman is torn between her dreams and her family in this musical. Sparkle Jordin Sparks has been blessed with a beautiful voice and a gift for songwriting, but she's afraid to perform her songs in public, in part because her mother Emma Whitney Houston , a former entertainer whose career brought her nothing but heartache, refuses to allow her daughters to sing outside of church.
But Sparkle persuades her older sibling Sister Carmen Ejogo to sing one of her tunes at a talent show, and the reaction proves that Sister has star quality and Sparkle can write potential hits.
An ambitious would-be manager, Stix Derek Luke , persuades Sparkle and Sister to form a singing group with their sibling Dolores Tika Sumpter , but while the act clicks wit audiences, the sisters have to contend with their angry mother, Sister gets caught up in a destructive relationship with a short-tempered comedian Mike Epps , and Sparkle finds herself falling in love with Stix.
Celebrate the legend. Rated PG for mature thematic content involving domestic abuse and drug material, and for some violence, language and smoking.
Did you know Edit. Trivia Whitney Houston was also one of five executive producers on the movie, having acquired remake rights around the year Her original plan was to have singer Aaliyah star as Sparkle, until the singer died in a plane crash in August Goofs The venue mentioned as The Fillmore was actually named the State Theater at the time the film takes place.
It didn't change to it's current name The Fillmore until Quotes Satin : Oh Rev, I bet you know a little bit more about making dollars off of people's pain.
Connections Featured in Chelsea Lately: Episode 6. User reviews 54 Review. Top review. Doesn't much sparkle as have a dull shine. Sparkle is a low rent version of Dreamgirls so to speak a remake of an unremarkable film form the 70s is a bad film make no mistake about it. The direction is very amateur, the cinematography is crap and the performances are mostly questionable but the film has its charms as well as it's good moments. And although the film is way melodramatic and unintentionally funny at parts it still manages to be entertaining and consistently engaging.
The film centers on a trio of sisters in a band called well "Sisters" lol. The plotting movers along expectedly as they have a minor rise to fame while dealing with their overprotective mother, love, drugs, sex and domestic abuse. But the film also delves a little deeper into the intricate relationships between them due most to the solid performance from Carmen Ejogo as Sister she's sultry and seemingly self centered but underneath that she's extremely protective of her sisters she basically raised as her mother had problems.
Because of that her position in the group and her family is a difficult, multi layered one and the best exploration is done there. Everything else feels a little forced and flimsy. I knew she wouldn't let herself down. She both wanted this and needed it. So last year, when "Sparkle" finally was ready to shoot, Chase said Houston jumped into the role of no-nonsense Emma. Drug abuse and domestic violence are major themes in the film, as they were in Houston's personal life.
But on set, Chase insists Houston was sober and present. I know who I'm looking at and people will too when they see the movie. She's present, fully, and she looks beautiful. Chase said Houston bonded with her year-old co-star, Jordin Sparks, the "American Idol" winner who wowed audiences with her gorgeous looks and powerful voice on the show in She said the two shared similarities: Both Sparks and Houston had been thrust into the spotlight in a big way at a young age -- Sparks with "Idol" and Houston with the blockbuster film, "The Bodyguard.
When it was time to tape Sparks' big moment in film, her solo on the song "One Wing," Houston, her idol, was there. Here's this person that I've looked up to my entire life telling me that I am what she was looking for, and I was just like, 'I don't even know what to say.
One of the most emotional pinnacles of "Sparkle" is when Houston, her character's voice battered yet still beautiful, belts out the song, "His Eye Is on the Sparrow. But Chase said Houston wasn't envious of newcomer Sparks' budding career.
She had that voice, she had those looks, and she knew it, and it was a part of her that appreciated it, and a part of her that resented that. Sparks also said there was no hint of the singing legend's stormy past when she teamed up with Houston for a duet on the song, "Celebrate" -- another dream come true for the young singer.
Houston recorded the track on Feb. Five days later, she was dead. For Chase, the film's release is bittersweet. She is releasing a treasured project without its biggest star, who is now a haunting voice from the grave and a reminder of what was. They will remember her beautiful and spiritual and strong and passionate from this movie. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories.
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