Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple a film that is based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker is nothing short of a masterpiece. The movie is one of the only character studies I have ever seen that Spielberg has made,in fact is is the study of a young black woman named Celie Johnson (played by Whoopi Goldberg in a groundbreaking film debut.) who gets tortured, abused, and loved at the same time by friends as well as family relatives. the abusive husband in this movie is played by Danny Glover who wants to marry Celie's sister but ends up marrying Celie instead, the saddest scene in this movie is when Celie's sister gets taken away from her because of the Glover character molesting her and throwing rocks at her for no apparent reason, while watching most of the movie people hate Glover's character but by the end of the film I learned that he wasn't much of a bad person after all. The movie also has a great supporting cast which consists of Oprah Winfrey as Sofia, Margaret Avery who is one of Celie's best friends and many more unknowns. This movie goes along with some of Spielberg's best films such as Schindler's List (1993), E.T. (1982), Jaws (1975), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Lincoln (2012), Minority Report (2002) as well as Catch Me If You Can (2002), and Munich (2005).I just can't say anything else about this movie is that I just love this movie.
Review of The Color Purple
