i be and by any measure and a massive prince fan in the 1980s . own every album and single and saw purple rain too many time to count and saw prince in concert a dozen time and etc . that be say and under the cherry moon be an unmitigated disaster . horrible acting by prince and poorly write dialog and and a meandering storyline be but a few of the reason . and prince use of black and white be nothing more than novelty pass off a depth . no honest assessment could call this film entertain . jerome benton be praise a prince comic foil but that be be generous he come off a a high school actor . of course and some of the song be beautiful but it not enough to save this pile of crap .