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Summary: An all-around masterpiece
Review: It's one of those cases where you have to struggle to find if there are any flaws in a movie, even after repeat viewing. Incredible photography, stunning performances, a story that will not leave you untouched. The transfer quality on the DVD is very good. If you are looking for a classic movie for your library, you don't have to look any further.
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Summary: Moving Piece of Americana -- An Underrated Classic
Review: "The Color Purple" is the bitter sweet story of a black teenager in the early 1900s South who is mistreated and utterly unappreciated by her sadistic husband, who "baught" the girl from her impoverished family to toil for him and a brood of children. The story spans about 20 years. With many sub-plots and a rich musical score, the human spirit triumphs in the end. This film will move you to tears and make you scream out with joy. Nominated for 11 Oscars, it won none. Still this adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning Alice Walker novel is worth watching many times over. Look for a 'healthier looking' Oprah Winfrey in her Oscar nominated Hollywood debut!
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Summary: Mister?
Review: Color Purple is a great movie about two sisters seperated by an evil man that the older sister is married too but wants to have sex with the other one..So he flings the sister from the house never for her to return to see her older sister again..Somehow the sister ends up in Africa where she is prospers in life..But the other sister only is stuck at home Physically and mentally abused by Mister..
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Summary: List of like which is found into movie
Review: hello i a foriegner into this cuontry. I very much like woopee goberg and ths mov film. she make a me cri so muchh my belly hurt. theese is a bootiful moovee. I like opra woonfrey a lot ! She ese good like woopee. moovee very sad but good end make me cri a lot!!
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Summary: Powerful movie !
Review: To say that this movie made a change in the American film industry is a major euphemism.... when I watched the Oscars for the year the movie came out I was in complete shock that it did not received a single one !!! I guess some of the bigotry from ages past still lives in some of the people in Hollywood.The movie is an absolute must see, as an enthusiast of History I think they should show it as part of American History in every single classroom in America.... there's a lot to learn from this beautiful movie.
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Summary: Beautiful,thought provoking & bitterly sad.
Review: With all the 60 reviews given ahead of me, I will not go through the story again but to mention it is among one of the best Spielberg movie ever to grace the cinemas over here in Asia. Also among the bestselling. Whoopi Goldberg was almost unrecognizable if, to compare her with her more recent movies and in here as Celie, along with the other women , all have very strong characters.And the sad thing is , as it is all over the world, strong willed women, somehow can succumb due to social injustice, sexism and prejudice. We (here in Asia) were very shock indeed watching the Academy awards and to witness that this remarkable movie about 3 remarkable black women facing sexism and racism win not a single pathetic oscar. With pretty strong scripts, beautiful panoramas and an intense story, The Color Purple to me, is a masterpiece that ranks among most International Art-house classics. It is such a pity, really. And most often than not, we see a lot of unfairness in many Oscars awards. But then, the Academy judges decision is not our business. The haunting score for this movie is one tune I can hum and whistle till today. Genghiz Tanghe
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Summary: The Color Purple
Review: 3131-HST The Color Purple was an exciting book. It shed light on the fact that black women were treated in the early 1900's. This book deserves 2 stars.
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Summary: An unfairly-criticized masterpiece
Review: This is an absolutely wonderful film in every aspect of the technique. The all-star cast including Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, and a then relatively unknown Whoppi Goldberg in her first film role, the gorgeous cinematography, the settings, the characters, the heart-breaking storyline, and the courageous way in which director Steven Spielberg explored the heart and bravery that black women have struggled to hold onto during the tumultuous time in the Deep South of the early 1900s through the Great Depression. There has always been something deeply magical about the opening scene with the two sisters in a field of purple flowers, something about the way the sky looks behind them and the starry-eyed expression on their faces that is an image that will forever be imprinted in my memory. You journey with Celie on her road to self-discovery and her experiences on the way, you see up close the horrors and verbal plights we as a society are capable of inflicting. One awful example is the scene when Sofia is brutally attacked outside the store, and left there lying on the ground, humiliated and violated, "stripped of her dignity". It is an absolutely heart-wrenching scene and watching it should make any person with even the slightest bit of a conscience feel like they had just been punched in the gut. Intriguing characters and memorable moments that will make you equally laugh and burst into tears. It is a film that serves as a constant reminder for the errors of our ways as a society, the racism that has been committed against African-Americans and the unacceptable ignorance men of ALL races have possessed and still do possess toward women. I have read all the reviews and critical lashings that this film has received concerning it's supposed condemnation of black men, but I must strongly disagree, because I think the way Spielberg put the subject matter to film was the only way to do it justice and achieve the most on-point emotional impact. The fact of the matter is that not all black men are the abusive and negative people that the ones in the film are, but you can understand why these characters are simply be remembering their background and the society they are brought up in, much different from that of today or 1985, when the film was released. What this film should be applauded for is its heartwarming, empowering presentation of the strength and nobility of black women. Steven Spielberg, one of our greatest filmmakers, was very brave to take on this material, and, using his usual intuitive affinity for story-telling, shaped it into one of the finest self-discovery and coming-of-age films of all time.
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Summary: rather boring
Review: This movie is way over-hyped!! It is a sweet story and yes, I was moved a few times by their hardships. But come on- it is totally predictable! And one cannot overlook the obvious flaws, like where was Celie going on that train to Tennessee and what did she do there? And why did she even bother returning home? The movie really started out well, but it dragged as it progressed. Towards the end, I found myself wishing they would end it already. The Color Purple is just OK, nothing spectacular.
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Summary: A MUST SEE CLASSIC!!!!
Review: This is THE best movie I have ever seen. I never tire watching it. It makes me cry every time I see it. Steven did a wonderful job on this movie because it makes you fell like you know these people and you feel their pain and troubles. If you haven't seen it, then you need to BUY it.
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