‘The Color Purple’ Review: In Its Fifth Major Iteration, The Classic Alice Walker Story Becomes A Movie Musical To Remember
deadline.comAlice Walker started the phenomenon with her 1982 Pulitizer Prize winning book, and three years later Steven Spielberg turned it into a movie that won 11 Oscar nominations.
In 2005 it took on new life as a Broadway musical, and in 2015 that musical got a Tony and Grammy winning revival. Along the way it made big film and stage stars out of Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Cynthia Erivo, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino, the latter now making her feature film starring debut as Celie in the new film version of the musical she starred in 18 years ago on Broadway.
The Color Purple is indestructible, and that is also a good word to describe director Blitz Bazawule‘s and screenwriter Marcus Gardley’s take that breathes exciting life into the story for new and older generations, but also to quote an original song from this film really finds a way to “Keep It Movin’ ” .
Musicals have gone through a tough time recently. Broadway hits like Cats and Dear Evan Hansen fizzled on screen. Perhaps that is why Warner Bros.
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