Purple Rain

1984

Action / Drama / Music / Musical / Romance

47
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 74% · 61 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 26764 26.8K

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Plot summary

A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.

Director

Albert Magnoli Photo
Albert Magnoli

Top cast

Alan Leeds Photo
Alan Leeds as Stage Hand
Brown Mark Photo
Brown Mark as Brown Mark-The Revolution
Tom Tangen Photo
Tom Tangen as Hiker #1
Lisa Coleman Photo
Lisa Coleman as Lisa-The Revolution
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830.57 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
TV-14
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 2
1.7 GB
1904*1072
English 2.0
TV-14
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 25

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

If this were a piece of vinyl, then

If this were a piece of vinyl, then there would be one side that features a strong and charismatic concert-style performance from the star and another that depicts a second-rate brat-pack style drama that is almost cringemaking to watch at times. The latter element follows a young musician who is regularly his father's punchbag at home and who struggles to avoid travelling down the the same path, especially when he meets the wanna-be singer "Apollonia" (Apollonia Kotero). Though she's keen, she can't be doing with his temperamental behaviour and switches allegiance to the more stable "Morris" (Morris Day). That all meanders along offering little new or even interesting and way too many facial close ups. It's the musical performances - expertly staged, choreographed and produced that make this worth watching. Prince just exudes a chemistry, a sexuality and a swarthiness that makes it clear why the man was an huge international superstar. The upshot of the film, though, is really - just buy the album or watch the videos on MTV. As a drama, this is pretty hopeless.
Reviewed by paullatham-42733 6 / 10

Atrocious script, worse acting....I can't stop watching though

An overall score of 6.5 is generous, it's so bad. But I dare you not to carry on watching. Mesmerizing in it's nostalgic beauty yet, obviously, hugely flawed in every way you'd judge a film without a global popstar in the starring role. Think Labyrinth and Moonwalker, except this is much thinner on the story front and laughable as far as acting goes. But so addictive.The main attraction is the music, of course. Purple Rain is an iconic album. It's one of those films that is so bad it's good, before that became a genre in itself. Prince was always his own man and it shows in how this film is put together but 6.5 on IMDb usually means a divisive film with huge merits in either acting, direction, story or soundtrack. This film only has the soundtrack....but you still need to watch.
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