For Colored Girls is a drama filled, tear jerking, truth telling play turned movie told through a series of poems about women considering suicide when the rainbow isn’t enough.
In this movie you find women who stare down the barrel of life’s shot gun, praying and hoping that issues in their lives would just get better and even go away. Abortion, abuse, rape, and complete chaos will have you reaching for tissue and a bible, to cry for those who have lost all hope and pray for those who have no more strength. Gilda (Phylicia Rashad) , the mother hen of the complex ,keeps tabs on everyone in her apartment building. Including neighbors Crystal (Kimberly Elise), a mother of two with a vet husband who has a temper and a drinking problem and Tangie ( Thandie Newton) , a promiscuous , self loathing bartender who has a troubled little sister and a born-again abusive mother Alice(Whoopi Goldberg).
Tangie has a feisty attitude and is stubborn about helping out her sister in an all too familiar situation. Social worker Kelly ( Kerry Washington) is in charge of looking after Crystals kids, while struggling to start her own family. Juanita (Loretta Devine)is keeping her fingers crossed while taking one last chance at love. Then, there is Yasmine( Anika Noni Rose) , a dance instructor who has a new man in her life who seems too good to be true. Jo ( Janet Jackson) is the epitome of a boss, while in charge of her own magazine but is quite the contrary in trying to figure out her marriage and just what her insecure, secret keeping husband is up to.
Knowing Tyler Perry’s works , For Colored Girls is an outcome of his colorful, mouth dropping , eye opening portrayal of the truth. Perry losses “Madea” for this film and takes Ntozake Shange’s Obie Award winning play to another level by using familiar faces to tell the truth about real life situations and shines light on making it through those tough times.
With an all star cast, Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls is more than believable. The audience is captured by the real life stories and the real emotions that come from the aftermath of subjects touched on in this movie. The poetry recited was well written and delivered a powerful message to women who are going through these struggles. This movie will touch you directly and indirectly if you know someone going through the triumphs these women face. Of course, tears were expected in this movie, but with secrets, lies, anger, life, and suicide For Colored Girls brings out all emotions.
**A women commits suicide every 90 minutes in the U.S but is estimated that one woman attempts suicide every 78 seconds.**
This movie had so many layers. At any given time in or lives we could be one of those characters. The character that I most identify at this time in my life is Phylicia Rashad. I once was Tandi Newton's character and Loretta Devine's. I encourage everyone to look past the surface and dig deep when thinking of this movie and it's relationship to your story.
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