For Colored Girls
2010, Drama, 2h 14m
109 Reviews 25,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Tyler Perry has assembled a fine cast for this adaptation of the 1975 play, and his heart is obviously in the right place, but his fondness for melodrama cheapens a meaningful story. Read critic reviews
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Crystal, Brown
Jo, Red
Juanita, Green
Tangie, Orange
Yasmine, Yellow
Kelly, Blue
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Critic Reviews for For Colored Girls
All Critics (109) | Top Critics (46) | Fresh (35) | Rotten (74)
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Writer/director Tyler Perry is probably used to taking heat from the critics for his films, but he can rest knowing that his latest movie For Colored Girls... is his best film yet. Even though that might not be attributed to his direction or writing.
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November 16, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
Excruciating when it's bad, which is far too often, but a brave failure in lots of ways.
December 9, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
Perry crafts poorly paced soap opera, playing out in the most obvious and crass manner possible the situations that the poems subtly dance around. Shange's original text...
December 9, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
Tyler Perry's drama is beautifully acted but Ntozake Shange's multiple, interlocking narratives ultimately defy his efforts to bring them to the screen.
December 8, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
Perry has assembled a formidable ensemble, including Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Thandie Newton, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson, Phylicia Rashad and, in the most searing cameo, Macy Gray.
November 19, 2010 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for For Colored Girls
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Dec 12, 2011The classic Ntozake Shange production on which this is based is intimidating enough to adapt and, sadly, I'm hard-pressed to think of a director possessing less of the craftsmanship required to pull it off than Tyler Perry. The tremendous ensemble of actresses deserves sole credit for making 2010's 'For Colored Girls' what it is (shout out in particular to Kimberly Elise and Anika Noni Rose).Marisol M Super Reviewer
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Dec 02, 2011For Colored Girls is another melodrama from Tyler Perry but in many ways he has changed with this film. Its story and characters would be perfect if Perry did not focus on making it just African-Americans, I will never get over that he believes only black people have issues. The cast is phenomenal, this may be the best cast I hve seen in a Tyler Perry film and I believe there should have been an Oscar nomination for at least one performance in this film. This movie focuses so much on the drama and not enough on its essense, and with all these different characters it was hard to follow and love the film. The movie is decent, and I could tell Tyler Perry put his heart into it, but the story sadly makes it fall short.Bradley W Super Reviewer
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Sep 20, 2011I enjoyed the plot and how all of the stories came together...it reminded me a little of "Crash". However, It lost me when the scenes turned into a poetry monologue. I could do without that.Sarah P Super Reviewer
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Apr 28, 2011A shockingly compelling melodrama, color me surprised. It really shouldn't have worked, what with all the turgid descents into poetry and blatant attempts to get us to cry, but it made me cry nevertheless. My favorite storyline was definitely Thandie Newton's, as the feral Tangie.Jennifer X Super Reviewer
For Colored Girls Quotes
| Juanita: | Juanita: I got a real dead loving here for you now, because I don't know anymore how to avoid my own face wet with my tears! Because I had convinced myself that colored girls have no right to sorrow! Frank: I guess this is goodbye. Juanita: Like you've never seen it before. |
| Juanita: | Juanita: I got a real dead loving here for you now, because I don't know anymore how to avoid my own face wet with my tears! Because I had convinced myself that colored girls have no right to sorrow! |
| Frank: | I guess this is goodbye. |
| Juanita: | Like you've never seen it before. |
| Juanita/Green: | "I brought you what joy I found... And I found joy... And then theres that woman who hurt you, and who you left three or four times and then you went back AFTER YOU PUT MY HEART IN THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SHOE... (trembling voice)And I didn't have nothing... So, I went to where somebody had something for me... But none of them were you... I got a real dead loving here for you now..." |
| Juanita/Green: | I brought you what joy I found, and I found joy. And then theres that woman who hurt you, and who you left three or four times and then you went back after you put my heart in the bottom of your shoe! [trembling voice] And I didn't have nothing. So, I went to where somebody had something for me. But none of them were you. I got a real dead loving here for you now. |
| Tangie: | Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet. |
| Jo/Red: | Save your "sorry." One thing I don't need are anymore apologies. I got sorry greeting me at the front door. You can keep yours. I don't know what to do with them... I can't even... I have to throw some away. I can't even get to the clothes in my closet for all the sorries. I'm not even sorry about you being sorry. |
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