Title: The Sapphires

Year Released/Rating:  2012 PG-13

Starring: Chris O'Dowd; Deborah Mailman; Jessica Mauboy

Directed By: Wayne Blair

Written By: Tony Briggs; Keith Thompson

Genre: Drama; Musical

Star Rating:  5/5 stars

Where I Got It: On the server

Trivia: The movie's co-writer and associate producer Tony Briggs is the son of Laurel Robinson, a member of the real-life The Sapphires group.

Summary: It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam.

Review: 

J and I have decided that we will watch anything with Chris O'Dowd in it (even Gulliver's Travels, although that was not a good movie).  This movie is a great treat.  We get a semi-fictionalized account a Aboriginal singing girl group from the 1960s.  So, we are treated to great music and some awesome costumes.  Plus, we get a great story of identity and acceptance.  I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.  In my opinion, it was better than Dreamgirls.

Best Bits: 

• Dave: Before we go than, girls when I met you you were doing all country and western thing and that's fine we all make mistakes. But here is what we learn from that mistake. Country and western music is about loss. Soul music is also about loss. But the difference is in country and western music, they've lost, they've given up and they are just all wining about it. In soul music they are struggling to get it back, they haven't given up.
• Dave: Can you do it blacker?