Movie Reviews of For Colored Girls
- For Colored Girls is a portrayal of several African American women struggling with various different issues, trials, and tribulations. The movie, directed by Tyler Perry, is a bold interpretation of the famous play by Ntozake Shange. This movie is one that anyone could appreciate, no matter what their social status may be. The highs and lows of the film are what had me saying, "I want to watch it again!"
Several scenes of the movie had the entire audience in dramatic tears followed by knee slapping laughter five minutes later. The movie is melodramatic to the highest extreme, but has a very uplifting and powerful message. That message, in my opinion, is to find some kind of way to overcome anything that may cause a pitfall in our lives. The girls all seem to end up with some sort of peace of mind in the end and gives hope to all those who may be watching the film thinking that their lives couldn't possibly get any worse. This was the best movie of 2010, in my opinion.
- “For Colored Girls.”
“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf “was a sensitive and artistic movie rendition of the play which was written by Ntozake Shange. Tyler Perry as the director worked a poetic dialogue into the background to convey a musical sense to each of the universally tragic stories of the African-American women caught in their individual modern-day challenges. The jazz and blues undertones added to the sadness yet rhythmic beat of their pain, guilt, anger and utter bewilderment. It is a cautionary tale that speaks to the abuse, betrayal, shame and self-distain, and desperation that African-American and all women experience in current society. It allows us to have a hopeful ending in the women coming together over the tragedies they suffered, the strengths they each possess and hopefulness about sharing in order to heal. For women of color, it is very self-affirming to see and hear our stories acted-out in a movie and portrayed on the stage in a play that dramatizes the angst of life’s most troubling events that we often find ourselves engulfed in (abortion, rape, domestic violence, religious fanaticism, down-low consequences and more). Bringing the women together over their challenges and strengths is familiar territory to African-American women and reinforces the philosophy that we have more in common than we have in differences, and we are stronger when we reach out to share and support the commonalities. It was a hard movie to watch because of the painful and dark subject matter, but it makes you feel better that discussion and help groups are taking place to heal and rebuild lives after tragic events rather than alternatives like suicide winning out. Women must have optimistic choices in order to find the strength to overcome their challenges and to help each other in the process makes us all stronger.
- I have seen the movie for colored girls and it was not what i expected it to be at all. I think mostly all tyler perry movies are severely overrated.
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