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Take a richly-human story of survival and triumph, a soundtrack by one of the hottest acts ever and the startling presence and musicality of rock superstar Prince - the man who lived the music - and you've got what may be in Rolling Stone's words 'the smartest, most spiritually ambitious rock-'n'-roll movie ever made.'
Winner of Grammy and Academy Awards for its pulsating song score, Purple Rain marks the electrifying movie debut of Prince as The Kid, a Minneapolis musician as alienated as he talented. The Kid struggles with a tumultuous homelife and his own smouldering anger while taking refuge in his music and his steamy love for sexy Apollonia Kotero.
Prince and The Revolution scorcth with 'Let's Go Crazy', 'I Would Die 4 U', 'When Doves Cry' and the title song.
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Worth it for the music
Tim from Cork, 21 Sep 2011
If you have even the slightest bit of interest in Prince music this is worth a watch. Even if it's only the case that you like "When Doves Cry" when it comes on the radio.
Considering the entire album is contained in the film, and more including a track by the Time and one by Apolonia 6, nearly half the movie is performances, which is a good thing. Although the story is decent the acting is very wooden (apart from the always brilliant Clarence Williams, who has the most difficuly role to play). The performances break up the story nicely so that you never get annoyed by the bad acting and also the songs drive the story.
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Great Soundtrack!
Mike from Cork, 07 Jan 2008
I'd forgotten how good this film is, mostly down to the music, but also the storyline isn't bad for a film about wannabe music stars.
Some humour, some nudity in the shape of Appolonia, and some damn good tunes too!
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