For Colored Girls (2010)

For Colored Girls" brings to the screen Ntozake Shange's Obie Award-winning play, a poetic exploration of what is to be of color and a female in this world.


Genres: Drama and Adaptation

Running Time: 2 hr. 14 min.

Release Date: November 5th, 2010 (wide)

MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing violence including a rape, sexual content and language.

Distributors:
Lionsgate


Cast and Credits

Starring: Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick
Directed by: Tyler Perry
Produced by: Michael Paseornek, Joseph P. Genier, Ozzie Areu

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Critical Consensus

Critics Reviews Average Grade:   C+   
Boston Globe, Wesley Morris
"The audience I saw it with didn’t seem to know whether to clap when it was over or start taking Lipitor." more... 		B-
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"Perry tries to be faithful to the play and also to his own boldly and simply told stories, and the two styles don’t fit together." more... 		B-
Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips
"...134 minutes of misjudged intensity." more... 		C-
Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum
"...a maddeningly choppy mess of a Tyler Perry movie." more... 		C-
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