a film that can make you shed tear of sadness and tear of joy would be consider quite a step in the career of a common filmmaker . the fact be and steven spielberg and probably our great story teller and have be do this in various movie format for year . the color purple and at the time and be consider risky and especially after action classic like jaw and raider of the lose ark . in hindsight and this film should have come a no surprise and for spielberg have make u cry tear of joy and sadness in e. t. critic call color purple his entrance into intellectual fare . it be quite an entrance . no special effect and no swashbuckling and just brilliant story tell base on a literary classic by alice walker . one surprise be how spielberg could present such a moving film about african american in the deep south . slavery be go and but in the south depict here and it seem a though black be use other black a slave . spielberg be always put down for sentimentalize his picture or add an element of childishness to please the audience . this be really the first of overlooked film from his career that you can not make these observation . it be the first in a line of film people either do not see or wouldn not see because there be no alien . empire of the sun and always and schindlers list and etc . his awesome talent be obvious with this specific picture because a ) he use mostly untrained and first time actor and b ) he tackle a subject most felt be unadaptable to the screen and and c ) it be pure drama with no string pull where character grow and change over the passage of roughly 30 year . it be almost epic like in look and scope and the fact that it do not garner a single academy award from 11 nomination be a travesty and an insult . whoopi goldberg be fabulous a the tortured celie and an unattractive woman give away by her incestuous father to an abusive danny glover and who she only know a mister . the film follow a path of occasional beating and mental torture she go through while with mister . the pg 13 rat film be pretty open to the sexual issue raise by the walker novel . this be not the burning bed in georgia by any mean . there be no blatant revenge take a might be expect . it happen gracefully . goldberg perfectly play a human be and someone in need of love and someone who deserve it . the film most poignant and heartbreaking moment come when goldberg and her sister and nettie ( play by akosua busia ) be separate and maybe forever . ( possibly foreshadow holocaust separation of child and parent . ) you may have to check for a pulse if you be not move by this sequence . the color purple stand for the beauty of the field and flower surround these poor people . there really be something to live for and but love triumph over all . spielberg bashers take note represent the guy can make an unforgettable classic without any cute alien . rating represent positive .