The Color Purple
Celie is a shy and frightened woman whose life mostly involve running away from men who want to take advantage of her and how she tries to find herself after suffering 40 years of abuse.
5 July 1957, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
28 February 1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1 July 1952, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
20 January 1944, Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
21 March 1928, Florida, USA
June 23, 2003
A far better film than is usually thought.
February 16, 2003
Spielberg's classicism comes to be appreciated in a goosebumps-inducing send-off for Mister.
January 02, 2011
Inspiring, sentimental tale of survival.
July 29, 2002
"a should-have-been masterpiece that admittedly has its moments"
July 14, 2005
Overrated, but still a good film.
January 19, 2011
...we can forgive Spielberg his indulgences when the outcome is so profoundly moving.
May 28, 2005
Brilliant, disturbing storytelling by Spielberg with standout performances.
July 05, 2009
Spielberg may not have been the best choice to direct this feminist text, making a clean, neat movie that lacks authenticity, but the movie has many touching moments and the entire female ensemble is good, particularly Whoopi Goldberg in the second half
February 23, 2003
Spielberg's first big drama is often hokey in places but ultimately succeeds.
January 01, 2000
It is a great, warm, hard, unforgiving, triumphant movie, and there is not a scene that does not shine with the love of the people who made it.
January 23, 2003
It is unquestionably overwrought, but it is a truly lovely film with a lot of emotion in it. The meaning of all that emotion is unfortunately still up for grabs.
