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Overall Rank: 4870
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 65
Theatrical Release Date: 07/27/1984
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Albert Magnoli
Actors: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Jerome Benton, Billy Sparks, Olga Karlatos
Plot: A young singer, Apollonia, is trying to make it big. Her big chance is to try to get with a band (Prince and his group), but can his troubled past and her torn love between him and Morris Day stop her?
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Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 05/01/2023
The script could use some work, and Prince is better suited as a musical performer than an actor, but "Purple Rain" is a movie you watch for the songs which are composed with enough flair to pull this pop culture phenomenon out of any dramatic deficit the thin writing and unseasoned star put it in.
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Gabe - wrote on 08/31/2007
Probably the greatest movie soundtrack ever made, and one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I gave the movie the the extra star because of the music. Avoid the movie, buy the soundtrack.
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cinegeek.de - wrote on 04/21/2016
Heute ist der Tag, sich an dieses merkwürdige Ding namens Purple Rain zu erinnern, denn heute starb "The Artist", der vorher bekannt war als "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince". Veröffentlicht wurde Albert Magnolis angebliches Biopic 1984 und präsentiert die Musik Szene von Minneapolis mit ihrem presidialen Herrscher - Prince. Hier rast er auf die Leinwand auf einem violett getönten Motorrad auf der Höhe seines Erfolges! Er quietscht seine Songs, verführt jeden im Sahl und zwar mit Nachdruck. Die Männer reagieren ratlos, die Frauen schreien und fallen in Ohnmacht. Ein Star ist geboren! Obwohl der Film von den Kritikern verhauen wurde, gewann er den Oscar für den besten Song. Purple Rain sollte Prince' grösster Song werden, der in seinem ungeheuerlichsten Gitarren-Solo mündet. …
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