From playing Bubbles on the BBC's Absolutely Fabulous to reinventing Sally Bowles in the London production of Cabaret (before the role was filled in New York by Natasha Richardson and, groan, Jennifer Jason Leigh) to singing with Rosie O'Donnell on her daytime talk show, Jane Horrocks can do it all.

Now (finally!) playing at Quail Springs Mall, Little Voice shows that Horrocks can also do them all.

When it comes down to it, the film is all about watching one woman sing -- everything else is just details.

Although Brenda Blethyn and Michael Caine (winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor) both deliver great performances as Little Voice's horny mother and sleazy agent, respectively, the real deal is the stunning Horrocks as Little Voice, whose dead-on imitations of such divas as Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holliday, Ethel Merman and others are nothing short of jaw-dropping.

Horrocks' imitations are so uncanny that the film-makers had to add the line "Ms. Horrocks performed all of her own songs" just before the ending credits.

That said, the film is little more than a showcase of Horrocks' talent.

The predictability of the plot, however, is overcome by the genius of the actors.

Blethyn, who earned an Oscar nomination for her performance, breathes new life and wit into the stock character of the horny old lady.

Her lines are the most well-written, while Ewan McGregor's character, the pigeon-loving love interest, remains flat throughout the course of the film -- but hey, it's Ewan McGregor, so it's OK.

Based on a play written specifically for Horrocks, the film outlines the rise and fall of Little Voice, a young girl who listens to her deceased father's old records to remember him and then is discovered for her impersonation talents and thrust onstage.

Fame and fortune mean nothing to Little Voice, who performs only to commemorate her father's love of music.

Soon, however, pressures from her mother and agent begin to stain the purity of Little Voice's performance, and she is forced to choose between the limelight and her own freedom.

Whether or not you like the movie as a whole, you will undoubtedly come away from Little Voice loving Jane Horrocks.

And you'll probably be humming one of the film's memorable tunes on your way out -- for your sake, I hope it's not Caine's, um, interesting rendition of Roy Orbison's "It's Over."
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