After suffering 40 years if abuse, the movie depict celie trying to discover herself aside from her shy and frightened self.
21 March 1928, Florida, USA
18 February 1930, Garland, Arkansas, USA
15 October 1931, San Diego, California, USA
20 January 1944, Mangum, Oklahoma, USA
29 January 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
5 July 1957, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
15 February 1952, Conway, South Carolina, USA
24 October 1911, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
1 July 1952, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
28 December 1954, Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
30 July 1961, Augusta, Georgia, USA
22 July 1946, San Francisco, California, USA
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30 October 1949, Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
12 May 1956, Detroit, Michigan, USA
12 August 1937, Waskom, Texas, USA
June 23, 2003
A far better film than is usually thought.January 02, 2011
Inspiring, sentimental tale of survival.July 05, 2009
Spielberg may not have been the best choice to direct this feminist text, making a clean, neat movie that lacks authenticity, but the movie has many touching moments and the entire female ensemble is good, particularly Whoopi Goldberg in the second halfJanuary 01, 2000
It is a great, warm, hard, unforgiving, triumphant movie, and there is not a scene that does not shine with the love of the people who made it.July 14, 2005
Overrated, but still a good film.January 23, 2003
It is unquestionably overwrought, but it is a truly lovely film with a lot of emotion in it. The meaning of all that emotion is unfortunately still up for grabs.July 29, 2002
"a should-have-been masterpiece that admittedly has its moments"February 16, 2003
Spielberg's classicism comes to be appreciated in a goosebumps-inducing send-off for Mister.February 23, 2003
Spielberg's first big drama is often hokey in places but ultimately succeeds.January 19, 2011
...we can forgive Spielberg his indulgences when the outcome is so profoundly moving.May 28, 2005
Brilliant, disturbing storytelling by Spielberg with standout performances.