by the number story of the kid ( prince ) and a singer and on his way to become a star . then he fall in love with apollonia ( appolonia kotero ) . but he have to deal with his wife beat father ( clarence williams iii . ) and his own self destructive behavior . i saw this in a theatre in 1984. i be no big fan of prince but i do like the three big song from this movie purple rain and let get crazy and and when dove cry . the concert scene in this movie be great full of energy and excitement . unfortunately that a very small portion of the movie . the story be screamingly obvious and have be do many time before and much good too . the subplots be and to put in nicely and badly handle . the love triangle between the kid and appolonia and morris day be so predictable and tire that i actually become insulted . his wife beat father be need for the story and but the scene be so badly handle ( in act and direction ) that i couldn not believe it . the script be terrible lousy dialogue and some truly painful comedy routine . and there ton of misogyny here the kid mother get beat while the kid hit appolonia and ( for no reason ) appolonia strip and go topless to swim in a dirty river . also williams and princes character treat woman in a horrible manner constantly . the acting be where this movie really fail . appolonia be sweet and beautiful but no actor . and prince be ( easily ) the bad actor i have ever see . his blank face and wooden dialogue delivery be so bad i couldn not believe it . this movie only come to life during the concert scene but there aren not really that many . the dramatic scene be so badly act and handle that they make this movie a chore to sit through . they should have just make this a concert film . i give this a 2 only for the music .