“The Color Purple” — 2.5 stars (out of 4) MPA rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic content, sexual content, violence and language) Running time: 2:21 How to watch: Premieres in theaters Dec. 25 ...

Read more: The 40-year fight over 'The Color Purple's' queer love story However, it’s Brooks who waltzes in and steals the whole movie out from under everyone else with her sly, spirited Sofia.

A review of 'The Color Purple', a rousing new musical version of the Alice Walker classic and adaptated from the Broadway show reinvents the story.

Review: Actor’s Express stages moving production of ‘The Color Purple’ musical Jeanette Illidge and Latrice Pace play sisters Nettie and Celie in “The Color Purple” at Actor’s Express.

Not so fast. Wait until you watch director Blitz Bazawule’s stirring new film version of the musical, starring a tender and triumphant Fantasia Barrino as that timeless beacon of perseverance ...

“The Color Purple” premieres December 25 in US theaters, and is being released by Warner Bros., like CNN, a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s rated PG-13.

“The Color Purple,” the new film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical, certainly does that. There’s rape, kidnapping, incest, domestic violence -- and that’s just in the first ...