Review of Purple Rain (1984) by Brett W — 16 Oct 2009

If you don't like Prince's music or at least his goofy unsexy sexy persona, then avoid Purple rain at all costs.

Otherwise, it's a typical but very pretentious, over the top, misogynistic movie. Women are beat up and Prince goes "oh no what I have done, maybe I'm just like my father?" and then it's dropped as the woman is just an object to be beaten, rather then something that becomes important to him. This is the case if you take Prince seriously, (I do not for the record), and if you enjoy his music it's fun to see him lip sync through them as the songs, even if you aren't a fan, you probably will agree that are pretty hard to forget after listening.

Kind of like in Superfly, the soundtrack is wayyyy better than the film, but both are kind of fun to watch.