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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 December 1933, New York City, New York, USA
12 August 1941, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
16 June 1959, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
21 March 1928, Florida, USA
7 November 1949, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
30 October 1949, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
February 23, 2003
Spielberg's first big drama is often hokey in places but ultimately succeeds.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.July 14, 2005
Overrated, but still a good film.June 23, 2003
A far better film than is usually thought.July 29, 2002
"a should-have-been masterpiece that admittedly has its moments"January 19, 2011
...we can forgive Spielberg his indulgences when the outcome is so profoundly moving.February 16, 2003
Spielberg's classicism comes to be appreciated in a goosebumps-inducing send-off for Mister.May 28, 2005
Brilliant, disturbing storytelling by Spielberg with standout performances.January 02, 2011
Inspiring, sentimental tale of survival.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.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