Purple Rain

For Prince fans, this movie will be a must for videocassette purchase, but even they will have to deal with the sexist way women are treated by all the films male characters. ( Read More )

Dave Kehr

The project would have been much more palatable as a TV special; as it stands, its just another symptom of the American cinemas addiction to facile myth making. ( Read More )

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Unlike A Hard Days Night or the Elvis movies, its deadly serious in its themes of failure, violence and family ties.Yet it can be passionate and moving and exotic. ( Read More )

John Ferguson

Review Our Score by John Ferguson This was the first and easily the best of pint sized rock star Princes forays into film. ( Read More )

Owen Gleiberman

There are a few sour, juvenile moments, but this is the rare pop movie that works the way a great rock & roll song does: It tells a simple, almost elemental tale and uses the music to set it aflame. ( Read More )