Purple Rain

1984

Action / Drama / Music / Musical / Romance

46
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 78% · 61 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 26114 26.1K

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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

Brown Mark Photo
Brown Mark as Brown Mark-The Revolution
Alan Leeds Photo
Alan Leeds as Stage Hand
Jesse Johnson Photo
Jesse Johnson as Jesse - The Time
Tom Tangen Photo
Tom Tangen as Hiker #1
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
830.57 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 7
1.7 GB
1904*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 35

Movie Reviews

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.
Reviewed by dszemplinski 7 / 10

So bad its....terrific

Of course this review is oh 37 years after the movie came out. Saw this movie at a New Years party '84 to '85 - many of the songs were already in heavy rotation on the radio, but tying the music to the truly Amazing artist and his quasi-autobio really put a new spin on things. The mere thought of someone living in such humble circumstances creating music never heard before, a look never seen before, alone, from his parent's basement to the big screen was jaw dropping for this 18 year old. That was the 80's, a time of boundary-less optimism, all things are possible attitude. Why? Because it was true!! This movie could not be more perfectly timed than to come out in the midst of one of the most glorious times in human history not to mention American hx. Sure, there some serious cheese in this flick but that's now part of its charm. Don't mess with imperfection.
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