For Colored Girls
- Director: Tyler Perry
- Writer: Tyler Perry; Ntozake Shange
- Producer: Ozzie Areu; Deborah Evans
CGiii Comment
It gets a star for the cast.
Perry's direction is as subtle as a sledgehammer.
And...it really is a little too contrived.
It belongs in the theatre.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The movie is based on Ntozake Shange's play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf." Unlike the original play which featured only 7 women known by colors performing the collection of 20 poems, the movie has given each of the 20 characters names. Each of the poems deal with intense issues that particularly impact women in a thought-provoking commentary on what it means to be a female of color in the world.
Cast & Characters
Kimberly Elise as Crystal / Brown;
Janet Jackson as Jo / Red;
Loretta Devine as Juanita / Green;
Thandie Newton as Tangie / Orange;
Anika Noni Rose as Yasmine / Yellow;
Kerry Washington as Kelly / Blue;
Tessa Thompson as Nyla / Purple;
Phylicia Rashad as Gilda;
Whoopi Goldberg as Alice / White;
Macy Gray as Rose;
Michael Ealy as Beau Willie;
Omari Hardwick as Carl;
Richard Lawson as Frank;
Hill Harper as Donald;
Khalil Kain as Bill