March 3, 2025
The Color Purple (2023)
The Color Purple (2023) stars Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, and Danielle Brooks. It is based on Alice Walker’s fictional novel by the same name. The 2023 adaptation is a dramatic musical that, according to IMDB, earned 109 award nominations and 28 wins! This motion picture has been filmed and taken to the big screen twice; once in 1985 with Steven Spielberg and again in 2023 with director Blitz Bazawule.
This film takes viewers on an emotional journey through the years of the main character Miss Celie’s life. We meet teenage Celie in the early 1900s, on the coast of rural Georgia, and then tag along with her through her years in adulthood. While accompanying Miss Celie on her odyssey through life, viewers are forced to feel her pains, empathize with her struggles and tribulations, and celebrate her victories. While watching, you will certainly feel a full spectrum of emotions: anger and hatred for her father, as well as empathy, sadness, despair, hope, and happiness. You will want to jump out of your seat and roar, “Hell No!” along with the song of that title, and then sit back down, curl up, and cry.
The Color Purple will captivate you through to the end and leave you feeling happy that you stayed. In my opinion, this movie is a win; even for those who don’t favor musicals.