in order to fully explain the disappointment in movie and i must state that i have just about and read every book write by and about zora neale hurston and it be because of the movie . i believe it lack the realness to it . it do not represent what zora want the world to get from her book . in read her work and any fan of her would know that it the opposite of and what she be try to represent . and as much a i love halle berry and she wasn not the right representation for janie crawford . neither be michael ealy and they could have find good actor . however and i respect oprah attempt at resurrect a new interest in many people for one of the world most extraordinary and misunderstood writer of our time . i think she do a good job with the color purple .