CREEMEDIA
Let’s put things in proper perspective, shall we? I mean, let’s get relentlessly real. Prince IS Purple Rain, and there’s absolutely no other reason to see this rather over-the-top celluloid fantasy than to witness his riveting moves and a New Age sex-and-gender crossover superstar.
CREEMEDIA
GRINDING IN THE RAIN
PURPLE RAIN
(Warner Bros.)
David Keeps
Let’s put things in proper perspective, shall we? I mean, let’s get relentlessly real. Prince IS Purple Rain, and there’s absolutely no other reason to see this rather over-the-top celluloid fantasy than to witness his riveting moves and a New Age sex-and-gender crossover superstar. Goddard it ain’t, but the performance sequences — which fortunately dominate the proceedings—are the best videos he’s ever made. On a purely cinematic level, Purple Rain is pedestrian, a backstage boy meets/loses/wins back girl saga, with lots of flashy costuming and madefor-MTV editing to provide enough diversion from the fact that the scenes and dialogue reprise themselves endlessly throughout the narrative.