I'm not going to give a synopsis of the plot of this movie because the Color Purple is well known. This one was made into a musical and was on broadway for sometime featuring Fantasia Barrino in the pivitol role of Celie, Tarji P. Henderson as Shug Avery, Danielle Brooks as Sofia, Corey Hawkins as Harpo and Coleman Domingo as Mister. If I didn't know what the movie was about and heard this as the cast I would want to watch it but that's another story.
While there were some departures from the original movie, they kept the heart of the movie beating and to me, the singing was done just enough to not be annoying but enhanced and added to the story.
The actors and director managed to keep the emotion, gravity, humor, drama and tension of the original such that this movie was just as moving as the original. I loved the Whoopi Goldberg appears in it as to give her blessing to it and sort of pass the torch to the younger actresses in this.
I have seen division in the reviews and I'm on the "loved it" side of the house and I'm skeptical of remakes and musicals (avoid Les Miserables at all cost if you're not that into musicals). If you're a fan of any of the actors in this, watch it, you even get to hear Taraji P. Henderson sing, which I didn't know she could. She was a perfect Shug Avery, I was skeptical at first but she nailed it.
The only reason I didn't give his a perfect 10 was the few departures from the original, the length of the movie was a bit long for me but so too was the original and while Fantasia Barrino is an accomplished singer, sometimes her voice is a bit grating to me, especially her long solo in the movie, but that's a matter of taste on my part not talent on hers as that she is clearly a talented singer and actress.
While there were some departures from the original movie, they kept the heart of the movie beating and to me, the singing was done just enough to not be annoying but enhanced and added to the story.
The actors and director managed to keep the emotion, gravity, humor, drama and tension of the original such that this movie was just as moving as the original. I loved the Whoopi Goldberg appears in it as to give her blessing to it and sort of pass the torch to the younger actresses in this.
I have seen division in the reviews and I'm on the "loved it" side of the house and I'm skeptical of remakes and musicals (avoid Les Miserables at all cost if you're not that into musicals). If you're a fan of any of the actors in this, watch it, you even get to hear Taraji P. Henderson sing, which I didn't know she could. She was a perfect Shug Avery, I was skeptical at first but she nailed it.
The only reason I didn't give his a perfect 10 was the few departures from the original, the length of the movie was a bit long for me but so too was the original and while Fantasia Barrino is an accomplished singer, sometimes her voice is a bit grating to me, especially her long solo in the movie, but that's a matter of taste on my part not talent on hers as that she is clearly a talented singer and actress.