An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
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74/100 There is a scene perhaps five minutes into this movie where our protagonist calmly and matter-of-factly states that she's had children by her own father, and I'm personally more scared by that than anything from Jaws. However, while there are a good amount of these impactful scenes settled throughout, I can see why Spielberg thought he wasn't a good fit for this movie. Alice Walker's original novel, and this story by extension, are extremely dark and heavy. However, Spielberg doesn't approach with any less than his usual more optimistic style, and it creates this weird offset as hopeful music and slapstick humour is forced in between scenes of horrific treatment of the central women by the men in their lives. The film also hints at romantic tension between Celie and Shug Avery, but never goes quite far enough with this for it to feel like anything but bait, which is sad for such…