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About the Movie
Rock star Prince plays a headstrong, vulnerable young musician known as "the kid." He struggles with his own psyche and family pressures of an alcoholic father who beats his mother. He sees his father's madness infecting both his music and his own personal life.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
68%- Reviews Counted: 47
- Fresh: 32
- Rotten: 15
- Average Rating: 6.2/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: [Purple Rain] is probably the flashiest album cover ever to be released as a movie. However, like many album covers, Purple Rain, though sometimes arresting to look at, is a cardboard come-on to the record it contains.
Fresh: A hokey but mesmerizing rock-video psychodrama.
Fresh: Rock star Prince makes an impressive feature film debut in Purple Rain, a rousing contemporary addition to the classic backstage musical genre.
Fresh: It does what musicals are supposed to do: It rides the underlying currents of its moment and renders them glorious.
Customer Reviews
Purify Yourself In Lake Minatonka
Classic 80s flick. Classic performances from Prince & The Revolution and The Time. If you've never seen this, you need to stop everything you are doing and rent it/watch it *right now*
what???!!!!
This is a great movie from the 80's. But.....what? Is iTunes only going to allow us to rent movies now? I see no new movies to buy. I think they should give you the option....rent or buy. Anyway, good flick.
Purple Rain
I love this movie but don't feel it is worth renting. I would rather buy and watch it over and over; afterall most everyone has already seen this movie. I think iTunes is going to lose business over only renting these older movies; I know I am getting irritated when I see a movie I really like and find it only available to rent. I am finding that I don't like the lack of options and I love iTunes.
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- $14.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 1985
- © 1984 Purple Films Company and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.