For Colored Girls

Name: For Colored Girls
Genre: Drama
Released: November 5, 2010
Duration: 133 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg

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Lionsgate | Release Date: November 5, 2010 | R

Starring: Anika Noni Rose, Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg

Summary: For Colored Girls brings to the screen Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning play, a poetic exploration of what is to be of color and a female in this world. [The Tyler Perry Company]

Director: Tyler Perry

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 133 min

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Mick LaSalle

Nov 4, 2010

The effect is like watching an opera without music. Or a musical drama in which no one sings. These departures from a realistic convention never feel like static set pieces - that's the great success of the film and of the poems themselves. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Nov 13, 2010

A long wallow in misery and, after a while, the pain morphs into polemic. Read full review

Movieline Michelle Orange

Nov 4, 2010

Perry weaves together not just the individual stories but their arcs, sustaining the emotional tenor across the progress of nine lives. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Nov 10, 2010

Though he has stepped up his game, Perry's plainspoken, unsubtle aesthetic is an uncomfortable match for the fragility of Shonge's speeches, and scenes abruptly switch between the language of Perry's scripted continuity sequences and sudden poetic soliloquies. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Nov 4, 2010

There's no right way to do an adaptation, particularly a difficult-to-adapt work like this, but there are plenty of wrong ways, and Perry's film offers a casebook of things-not-to-do. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Nov 4, 2010

Kimberly Elise gives the best performance as a beleaguered woman with an abusive boyfriend (Michael Ealy). Read full review

David Edelstein

Nov 8, 2010

He (Perry) has taken Shange's landmark poem cycle for seven African-American actresses, cut it up, and sewn its bloody entrails into a tawdry, masochistic soap opera that exponentially ups the "Precious" ante. Read full review

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Laurel

Nov 7, 2010

This film takes its viewer on a journey through every one of their emotions. I left the theatre with a rare feeling of satisfaction. I wasn't left with a longing for answers or the nagging curiosity of whats next. The film and its characters in a sense provided its viewers with a full coarseThis film takes its viewer on a journey through every one of their emotions. I left the theatre with a rare feeling of satisfaction. I wasn't left with a longing for answers or the nagging curiosity of whats next. The film and its characters in a sense provided its viewers with a full coarse meal with the indepth discussions that carried on after standing as a sweet desert.… Expand

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atlbabes

Nov 9, 2010

Ok this is not Tyler Perry's movie this is an adaptation of a choreopoem a broadway hit that hit the stage is the 70's Please stop with the whining about man bashing comments the movie nor the play was about men it was about the abuses of women! I think that he did a goog job considering theOk this is not Tyler Perry's movie this is an adaptation of a choreopoem a broadway hit that hit the stage is the 70's Please stop with the whining about man bashing comments the movie nor the play was about men it was about the abuses of women! I think that he did a goog job considering the source to take a choreopoem and translate it to the screen is not easy..Please read the original. In the play I don't think the characters had names they were identified by colors. The abuses that the women in this play faced happens everyday...I see it on the news everyone of them with the exception of the back alley abortion. Tyler Perry heart is dark...well he was abused so maybe that's why he is so open to bringing abuse to the forefront. As far as someone not liking the title well the play is called For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuff research Ntazke Shange and see why her heart is so dark and why she titled her choreopoem that. Tyler Perry good job… Expand

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TheateraNerd

Jul 9, 2012

This movie is for people who like hardcore drama movies. If you don't like drama then don't watch it. Its that simple! This movie is very well written with a serious, and realistic plot that delivers. This movie demonstrates why Tyler Perry is so wealthy...BECAUSE HIS MOVIES ARE ART! ThisThis movie is for people who like hardcore drama movies. If you don't like drama then don't watch it. Its that simple! This movie is very well written with a serious, and realistic plot that delivers. This movie demonstrates why Tyler Perry is so wealthy...BECAUSE HIS MOVIES ARE ART! This movie is heart-wrenching, realistic, entertaining, and captivating! The ONLY movies that can make me cry are Lion King and Tyler Perry films, and this is one of them. I also love Janet in this film, never knew she could act so well!… Expand

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Retha210

Nov 7, 2010

Not only is â

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Libra85

Jan 1, 2011

First let me say I'm a black 25 y/o male and I think Tyler Perry is hit or miss. The best work I've seen from him is The Family That Preys and his Madea movies being stereotypical crap. So with that said I like this movie. The best are the performances with a special nod to Phylicia RashadFirst let me say I'm a black 25 y/o male and I think Tyler Perry is hit or miss. The best work I've seen from him is The Family That Preys and his Madea movies being stereotypical crap. So with that said I like this movie. The best are the performances with a special nod to Phylicia Rashad and Thandie Newton. Another great thing was the story or stories were well paced and nothing was to preachy though a few small elements were a little trite. Namely the problems with the lady in red. Though not bad just didn't feel as strong or important. The downside is Tyler Perry does not balance well with his movies and they always seem so one-sided. The men in this movie aren't bashed so much as they are givin no character. They are merely statues used as a jump-off point for the female characters. Now the play is older than me and I understand there were no male characters. But I feel that as a film, if they are going to be there, they should be givin more to work with. This is still a good overall movie that works with was is being presented.… Expand

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SmellyCat

Dec 21, 2010

This is a classic case of a film that is filled with some really great acting, but the director's lack of knowing how to deal with the source material interfering with the quality of the film. The cast is immensely talented, with Janet Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, and Loretta Devine being theThis is a classic case of a film that is filled with some really great acting, but the director's lack of knowing how to deal with the source material interfering with the quality of the film. The cast is immensely talented, with Janet Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, and Loretta Devine being the major standouts. Though there are two major missteps (Whoopi Goldberg and Thandie Newton), almost everyone in the cast is just lovely. However, the film itself is just a jumbled mess of awkward insertions of poetry and monologues that just doesn't work. Tyler Perry's style just doesn't mix well with the feminist musing that the film is supposed to be, and he gets in the way of some great performances.… Expand

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Colored3333

Feb 10, 2011

I thought I would like this movie, because I have like a lot of Tyler Perry's movies. However, it is very unrealistic. The poetry in the middle serious traumatic moments was very tactless. I feel like most of the actresses overacted. I am also very tired of seeing the same African AmericanI thought I would like this movie, because I have like a lot of Tyler Perry's movies. However, it is very unrealistic. The poetry in the middle serious traumatic moments was very tactless. I feel like most of the actresses overacted. I am also very tired of seeing the same African American Female actors in these "powerful black movies". There were too many stars in this movies... most of which over acted ..in my opinion. And the randomly placed poetry had me lost for moments throughout the movie. I thought, wait... what is she talking about... I have been through a lot of these same experiences. There was too much going on.. To many famous female actors, and too much poetry at ALL of the wrong moments. No one would recite poetry immediately after being raped, having any abortion, or being abuse etc. This movie could have been great but I think that Tyler tried too hard in his movie. He over did it. I am not being insensitive to the abuse that Tyler suffered or these characters but as a survivor myself who has survived a tremendous amount of abuse, this movie was horrible. I am also tired of Tyler making movies about the same type of stuff. The same battered women, the same sexually assaulted person etc. Everything is so predictable. I realize that he is trying to be inspirational but it is overkill. I know these issues are still prevalent but we need a break. If this is all that Tyler can write about then I believe ha he has done is best work in other movies and it is time for him to retire and explore alternative career paths. I am just tired of the same cliche type of movies. I hope I have not offended any one with my views but for every person that did not like it there is bound to be some who do.… Expand

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