The Color Purple
PG-13
6.9
2023
2 hr 21 min
Drama
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
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- Cast:
- Fantasia Barrino , Taraji P. Henson , Danielle Brooks , Colman Domingo , Corey Hawkins , Phylicia Pearl Mpasi , Halle Bailey
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I'll tell you why so serious
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It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
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A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
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This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
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