1.5/4  Nothing great.
A really nothing movie, did not find it intereseting adn found that it was really more or less the same thing over and over again. The tonal shifts were kind of bizarre. Music was odd, It did not click per seh therefore I cannot posssibly ... (read full)

2.5/4  The Color Purple Quick Review
Pretty nice and moving movie. I liked Margaret Avery in this a lot.

5/5 "HEARTFELT EMOTION"
  by Terry Richard (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada)
"The Color Purple" is a film that tugs at your heart strings. Extremely emotional, the film received 11 Academy Awards, including one for Best Picture of 1985, and is widely considered the best film to document African/American issues. Taking place in the South, "The Color Purple" features the character of Celie, played brilliantly by Whoopie Goldberg in her screen debut, a woman being battered by her husband, the norm for black woman in the poor deep U.S. south in the early 1900's. Two woman eventually become close friends with Celie, giving her strength and power to overcome her abusive husband and to get on with her life. One of those friends is played by Oprah Winfrey (in an Osacr nominated performance) who plays Sophie. The role was actually offered to Tina Turner who turned down director Steven Spielberg's offer citing, "I already lived that life". The movie has an outstanding supporting cast including Danny Glover, Margaret Avery, and Adolph Caesar. Interviews with the cast are included with the DVD and much more. A perfect film that will remain in your memory forever.

5/5 Put Race Relations aside!
  by Laurencia7 (United States)
This Movie has a powerful view and impact on certain issues that arose in the time it was set. But it is a based on a work of fiction. Therefore I am pretty sure it has a message to send across just like many if not all movies...besides "Die Hard."

So even if you hate "chick flicks" and have some issue with certain views.
I think the awards can speak from themselves.

Lead Actress: Whoopi Goldberg [...]
The Color Purple: [...]

You don't get nominated for 11 Oscars everyday.



5/5 Beginnings of a rainbow
  by Barbra A. Howard (ALASKA)
The movie was a gift and my friend was delighted. Movie arrived quicker than expected and in perfect condition.

5/5 OUTSTANDING !
  by Helen M. Binder (PA)
One of the best movies I have ever seen. I think more awards should have been given to the cast of this movie than were given at the time. Every scene throughout this story is amazing !!! One to see for sure !...................................thenk you.

5/5 What is always sad...
  by philrob (New Zealand)
... is to see a great promise, and then pure crap. Whoopi Goldberg' performance was so good (very close to perfection), she should have understood that if discrimination can be very bad in many domains, it can be VERY good in some others : for example in the choosing of parts. I think Spielberg should have given her some advice on this subject after her well-deserved success (if he did, it sure didn't show). I'm almost sure that, if she had earlier done half of the crap she made afterwards (trailers only were insufferable), she would never have got this part (which would have been a pity). Unless, of course, after seeing only great performances by all, that Spielberg was so talented he could get her do what she did then, and could not do any more afterwards, which might be the right explanation. Spielberg should have a special "Oscar" for succeeding in getting such a poor 'actress' giving such an outstanding performance.