The Color Purple Reviews

i could not understand this movie is may have shown the emotional truths of early american history but it only shows one side of the story. i believe that all it shows is the battle and understanding of life and death but with all the rape and sadness it shows a lot of non understanding.

the color purple was a very insprational movie. The way it did it was that it was placed in a racial part of time when blacks had no rights. In this movie it was showing the power of love and sissterhood. No matter what the sisters found love and could never stay apart for very long.

This film was a good representation of the corrupt South from African-American women. The use of parallelism from America to Africa showed the similarities and differences between the two. Also, the musical aspect of the film gave a new element to the movie.

The color purple was a very heart touching movie. The actors did a great job and the directors did too with the symbolism of different things. The plot itself was very depressing but the movie was wonderful

This movie mirrors everything that happened from the 1900's to the 1950's that had to do with racism and domestic violence. From beatings, to cooking, to Oprah Winfrey, this film has a lot of respect built up for it. I believe that the structure is impeccable on Steven Spielberg's part, because of how well he portrayed every part of those hard times with no trouble at all. He paints an even bigger picture with his words and score that move a person to be more or less emotional about the problems happening. This movie, 100%, gave hope to black women especially after it came out. It was a beacon of faith and love towards anyone who had ever gone through something as horrific as all of that.

An amazing movie! very depressing, to say the least, but very good. This movie actually made me cry, not something i enjoy doing in movies, but it seemed acceptable in this one.

This movie is awful. The first scene is creepy incest rape, and it doesn't get much better from there. It is one of those movies that makes you feel bad that you're white and live in a time with equal rights. It is not a movie you watch because you want to, you watch it because you're forced too.

To be completely honest, I though this film was rather terrible. It was overly depressing and honestly the mild tale of hope was completely set in a delusional, deluded reality that honestly makes no bloody sense. The entire story was completely depressing, the second anything got better, it then suddenly dropped to worlds worse than before up until the end where everything just got better and everyone lived happily ever after. This story of hope was really more of a depressive slump of Misandry, but at least the technological aspect of this film was rather nice, completely saving this film from being on the list of the worst films I've ever seen.

Good movie due to the fact that it tells and shows the story excellently. The movie is emotion provoking and sometimes disturbing with the way people treat each other, but in the end thats what makes this movie god. If you like sad, messed up, and realistic plots, this movie might be for you.

Such a sad story. Feels like it was made to make people cry.

The movie describes the life of a black woman and her family in a world where prevarications and brutality were accepted facts. The whole movie is an alternate sequence of joy and pain following the attempt to rebel and find a good and peaceful life. Spielberg with his well known personal touch produces magnificent images and atmospheres.

This movie was sad and depressing at first and i was hesitant to watch. Yet the story behind was great the way she changed and became her own woman. The woman her husband is my favorite, she starts out mean and cruel and later becomes a hero to her. The best part was when her sister returned at the end.

I was really surprised by this one. I did not think I would like it at all. But Whoppi, Danny, Oprah and all the others deliver in this movie. I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to others.

Alice Walker's novel comes to the screen under the direction of Steven Spielburg the director that brought you some of the biggest blockbuster hits of the era including "Jaws", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind","Raiders of the Lost Ark",and more. This was indeed one of the top ten films of 1985 and to understand why this movie moved audiences so deeply and why the greatness of this masterpiece was not by perfection or logic but by heart. Despite what critics and some audiences who may have inconsistencies or confusions or improbabilities,but there is one perfect thing at it's center,and that is the character of Celie,played with riveting and emotional fire by Whoopi Goldberg in her first ever theatrical role. Because of her electrifying performance,"The Color Purple" became a phenomenon upon it's release and a runaway boxoffice hit becoming one of the top ten highest grossing films of 1985. The movie was nominated for an impressive 13 Oscar Nominations including Best Picture,Best Director(Steven Spielburg),Best Actor(Danny Glover),Best Actress(Whoopi Goldberg),Best Supporting Actress Nominations for Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery,along with Best Supporting Actor(Adolph Caesar),and Best Original Musical Score for a Motion Picture(Quincy Jones)which was the first time in any Spielburg produced film that composer John Williams did not compose a film score for a Spielburg movie. Out of the amazing 13 Oscar nominations that it received it did not win a single Oscar(it lost the Best Picture Oscar to Sydney Pollack's Out Of Africa) but it was among number eight of the top ten highest grossing films of 1985. It also marked at the time of it's release the only movie that featured a diverse cast of talent including some that were newcomers like Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goklberg who turned out astounding performances. "The Color Purple" focuses on the character of Celie,a woman cruelly treated by the world,a shy,frightened little creature whose life is consists mostly of eluding the men who want to rape and beat her. Her eventual flowering provides one of the most joyous experiences that expands through the years 1909 to 1949 where she is treated like a non-human by a brutal farmer she calls Mister(Danny Glover) who beats her,uses her as a servant and a low-life and convinces her that she is ugly. But here is where the film blossoms and Celie finally gets revenge on Mister too(the scene where Celie is shaving Mister with a straight sharp razor where she is about inches from cutting his throat),along with other characters that blend into this movie. The movie itself takes place in a scene that resembles more of "Green Pastures" or "The Grapes of Wrath"(filming of this movie was done in North Carolina within Anson County and Union County within the towns of Wadesboro, Lilesville, Sneadsboro, Marshville,and Morven to give it a more rural setting). "The Color Purple" was Whoopi Goldberg's first major performance and it earned her the Oscar nomination for Best Actress,and it remains her best because she was allowed to draw from her inner truth and not required to play a sappy or comic role. She has had other true moments including a scene of personal revelation in "Fatal Beauty",and another Oscar nominated performance in "Ghost" along with some astounding work portraying civil right icon Rosa Parks in 1990's "The Long Walk Home",and playing the wife of Medgar Evers in 1996's "The Ghosts of Mississippi". These movies and a few others show that Whoopi was a serious actress when she did "The Color Purple",and we really lost her when she started playing second hand characters such as nuns("Sister Act" sequels),and playing off the radar "Star Trek" characters.

Lacks credibility, there is something wrong.

One of the best movies I have seen to date. Steven Spielberg desrved and oscar for this Whoppi Goldberg as well... Best performance of her career.

Most movies that try to be touching only allow us to feel one emotion. This film takes us on a roller coaster ride of emotion that never ceases to leave a smile on your face. Top notch performances from Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey, and a great cinematic approach, Steven Spielberg shows us that he is one of the best directors in the business.

I can't deny Spielberg's award that it was good but The Color Purple just wasn't for me. The 'rape' scenes and incest just creeped me out beyond belief. The best role in my opinion was Oprah's and even though the story had a 'happy' ending, it still creeped me out. It was good and I see why people liked it but it's just not one I'd watch more then once.

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I haven't seen this movie in a looong time, I remember being blown away. I need to see this again!