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Allen Payne, Brandy Norwood, Brian Stokes Mitchell

A soapy backstage melodrama originally produced for network broadcast, Double Platinum downplays show biz verisimilitude to turn on the tears. With '60s soul queen Diana Ross and '90s pop princ...( read more  read more... )ess Brandy sharing production credit as well as billing, this formulaic tearjerker focuses on its stars' dramatic chops more than their musical prowess, a choice that won't deter their respective audiences, even as it disappoints less partisan music fans who might have hoped for a stronger musical component.

Olivia King (Ross) is the former St. Louis housewife who abandoned her family for pop stardom, only to return 18 years later determined to meet, and reconcile with, her daughter, Kayla (Brandy), now nurturing her own footlight fantasies. But when the prodigal mom finally does reveal herself to the bright, feisty teen, Kayla is outraged and then hard-boiled. Olivia's offer to help the undeniably talented girl make industry contacts is accepted, with the bitter caveat that the superstar should abandon any hopes of a true maternal bond with her embittered daughter. The usually imperious Olivia meekly accepts those terms, while the secretly yearning Kayla keeps up her tough-cookie cover, but the plot telegraphs its ultimate destination, even as the tears flow.

Both stars acquit themselves well in the story's stormier clashes, and the emotional tug of the story is well engineered to soak hankies. Less credulous viewers will be hampered by the original songs--when Ross steps on-stage, her regal demeanor and flashy (if occasionally silly) gowns support her supposed status as a legend, but the utterly forgettable, generic songs she mouths deflate that image. That said, viewers less interested in the actual music than the glitzy idea of the two characters may well be content to wallow in the waterworks of a story that could as easily have been titled Divas: The Next Generation. --Sam Sutherland

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PG, 91 min.

Directed by: Robert Allan Ackerman

Release Date: May 16, 1999

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001

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  • emfphs2009
    August 10, 2009
    emfphs2009
    my fav movie. I watch it everytimes its on
  • janaecopeland
    April 7, 2009
    janaecopeland
    this is a tuching movie
  • jzimerman
    December 1, 2008
    jzimerman
    Fairly good movie with a message greater than the movie itself, never give up on your dreams and do not let anyone hold you back.
  • shelly2friendly2000
    August 17, 2008
    shelly2friendly2000
    It's a sad movie but very good
  • malleyne2004
    August 3, 2008
    malleyne2004
    this was a very good movie
  • landobradfield
    February 20, 2008
    landobradfield
    NEVER LEAVE YOUR FAMILY FOR
    NOTHING IN THIS WORLD.
  • selkebtc
    January 4, 2008
    selkebtc
    ill always love this movie!
  • maryradband
    December 29, 2007
    maryradband
    ONE OF MY FAVOURITE FILMS AWESOME AS I LOVE DIANA ROSS.
  • rotwopz
    October 22, 2007
    rotwopz
    interesting and wonderful

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