Director: Blitz Bazaluwe
Genre: Musical/
Drama
Runtime: 141
minutes
Year: 2023
Starring: Fantasia
Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins,
Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, Ciara,
H.E.R., David Allan Grier, Louis Gossett Jr.
I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2024 MOVIE CHALLENGE
WEEK 19: A MUSICAL
Description: A woman faces
many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope
in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
Review: This is the musical rendition of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
book “The Color Purple”, already very successfully adapted into a drama film by
Steven Spielberg in 1985. And seen as a play in 2005.
In the hands of director
Blitz Bazawule, the raw account of the oppressed Celie, who slowly breaks fre
from an environment filled with misyny and violence, does not gain the depth
and layering of the original and its source material. However, lead actors
Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks and the beautifully
executed music make up for much.
I still think they should
have left the original film alone and leave it as is, it’s not the best story
to be turned into a musical.
Rating: 3/ 5
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