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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, The Purple Rose of Cairo holds an approval rating of 93%, based on 41 reviews, with an average score of 8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Lighthearted and sweet, The Purple Rose of Cairo stands as one of Woody Allen's more inventive—and enchantingly whimsical—pictures."
Among the inaugural nominees, three were period dramas, except for The Truman Show, which was the only modern-set film recognized, while the eventual winner, Pleasantville, was a fantasy film. The award was split into two categories, Excellence in Contemporary Film and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film , at the following ceremony.
The Color Purple is a 2023 American musical period drama film directed by Blitz Bazawule, with screenplay by Marcus Gardley based on the stage musical of the same name - which, in turn, is based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker.
Among the inaugural nominees, three were period dramas, except for The Truman Show, which was the only modern-set film recognized, while the eventual winner, Pleasantville, was a fantasy film. The award was split into two categories, Excellence in Contemporary Film and Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film , at the following ceremony.
The Color Purple is a 1985 American epic coming-of-age period drama film that was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Menno Meyjes.It is based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, marking a turning point in his career as it was a departure from the summer blockbusters for which he had become known.
The Name of the Rose is a 1986 historical mystery film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. [3] Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville , called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
Brighton Rock (US: Young Scarface) is a 1948 British gangster film noir directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough as violent gang leader Pinkie Brown (reprising his West End role of three years earlier), [5] Rose Brown (Carol Marsh) as the innocent girl he marries, and Ida Arnold (Hermione Baddeley) as an amateur sleuth investigating a murder he committed.
Paul Risker of PopMatters gave the film a rating of 6/10. [5] Rich Cross of Starburst rated the film 2 stars out of 5, writing that "The closing scenes of Where's Rose do deliver some powerful revelations. Yet there's a nastiness to those narrative twists that feel out of kilter with the film's otherwise bland tone, while the muddled folklore ...