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Released Year: 1985
Runtime: 154 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Casts: Laurence Fishburne, Dana Ivey, Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Susan Beaubian, Jeris Poindexter, Rae Dawn Chong, Akosua Busia, Margaret Avery, Willard E. Pugh, Adolph Caesar, Leonard Jackson, Bennet Guillory, Desreta Jackson, John Patton Jr., Carl Anderson, James Tillis, Phillip Strong, Peto Kinsaka, Lelo Masamba
IMDB: The Color Purple (1985)
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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Chicago Sun-Times -
The affirmation at the end of the film is so joyous that this is one of the few movies in a long time that inspires tears of happiness, and earns them. The Color Purple is the year's best film.
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Chicago Tribune -
To miss this film is to cheat yourself and your family of a memorable moviegoing experience.
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TV Guide Magazine -
Spielberg lacks his usual intuitive affinity for his story material; consequently the film is a bit clunky at times. There are some unfortunate slapstick comic relief sequences and a few of the characterizations are also much too broad and cartoonish.
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The New York Times -
Some parts of it are rapturous and stirring, others hugely improbable, and the film moves unpredictably from one mode to another. From another director, this might be fatally confusing, but Mr. Spielberg's showmanship is still with him. Although the combination of his sensibilities and Miss Walker's amounts to a colossal mismatch, Mr. Spielberg's ''Color Purple'' manages to have momentum, warmth and staying power all the same.
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Variety -
There are some great scenes and great performances in The Color Purple, but it is not a great film. Steven Spielberg’s turn at ‘serious’ filmmaking is marred in more than one place by overblown production that threatens to drown in its own emotions. But the characters created in Alice Walker’s novel are so vivid that even this doesn’t kill them off and there is still much to applaud (and cry about) here.
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The Color Purple (1985)
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa. Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
The Color Purple (1985)
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...
Information
Released Year: 1985
Runtime: 154 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Steven Spielberg
Casts: Laurence Fishburne, Dana Ivey, Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Susan Beaubian, Jeris Poindexter, Rae Dawn Chong, Akosua Busia, Margaret Avery, Willard E. Pugh, Adolph Caesar, Leonard Jackson, Bennet Guillory, Desreta Jackson, John Patton Jr., Carl Anderson, James Tillis, Phillip Strong, Peto Kinsaka, Lelo Masamba
IMDB: The Color Purple (1985)
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An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa. Based on the novel by Alice Walker.
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Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times -
The affirmation at the end of the film is so joyous that this is one of the few movies in a long time that inspires tears of happiness, and earns them. The Color Purple is the year's best film.
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Chicago Tribune -
To miss this film is to cheat yourself and your family of a memorable moviegoing experience.
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TV Guide Magazine -
Spielberg lacks his usual intuitive affinity for his story material; consequently the film is a bit clunky at times. There are some unfortunate slapstick comic relief sequences and a few of the characterizations are also much too broad and cartoonish.
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The New York Times -
Some parts of it are rapturous and stirring, others hugely improbable, and the film moves unpredictably from one mode to another. From another director, this might be fatally confusing, but Mr. Spielberg's showmanship is still with him. Although the combination of his sensibilities and Miss Walker's amounts to a colossal mismatch, Mr. Spielberg's ''Color Purple'' manages to have momentum, warmth and staying power all the same.
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Variety -
There are some great scenes and great performances in The Color Purple, but it is not a great film. Steven Spielberg’s turn at ‘serious’ filmmaking is marred in more than one place by overblown production that threatens to drown in its own emotions. But the characters created in Alice Walker’s novel are so vivid that even this doesn’t kill them off and there is still much to applaud (and cry about) here.
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