{"id":1443276,"date":"2023-12-20T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/?p=1443276"},"modified":"2023-12-20T07:22:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T15:22:40","slug":"the-color-purple-review-a-heartwrenching-uplifting-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/movies\/reviews\/1443276-the-color-purple-review-a-heartwrenching-uplifting-experience","title":{"rendered":"The Color Purple Review: A Heartwrenching, Uplifting Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The second cinematic adaptation of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel is arriving in theaters. The first time we saw Celie, Shug, and Sofia on the big screen was in Steven Spielberg’s 1985 movie. Now, we have The Color Purple<\/a><\/strong>, adapting the Broadway musical into a cinematic event unlike any other. This movie combines powerful harmonies and breathtaking dance numbers to create the best musical of the year. It serves as a showcase for the musical talents of every performer on screen while telling a rich, emotional story you won’t find anywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This movie is directed by Blitz Bazawule, who previously helmed critically acclaimed films like The Burial of Kojo and Black Is King. His third movie is likely his biggest project yet, and he shows all the promise of cementing himself as a household name in the Hollywood sphere. To put it simply, he nailed it. He understood how to bring a musical to life, translating it from the stage to the screen with grace. Bazawule manages to capture the perfect energy with these performers, using their vocals and the water in a scene to create something wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Color Purple begins with a young Celie getting separated from her sister, Nettie. Celie is forced to marry Albert “Mister” Johnson (Colman Domingo) in a troubled, abusive relationship. It’s a tragic film with heavy subject matter surrounding physical and sexual abuse, along with the racism that black people went through during the early 1900s. Screenwriter Marcus Gardley expertly weaves through all of these dark moments that can be genuinely hard to watch without making the tonal shifts to the musical numbers feel jarring. It’s not the first story that you would expect to be adapted into a musical, but much like the Broadway show, it continuously proves its meaningful, valuable existence as an empowering work of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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