Insights from the Cinematic World: dramatic improvement

A review by Shadow and Act was favorable, calling For Colored Girls “the best thing Perry has done to date.” The film is said to be a dramatic improvement from his earlier work. Perry is complimented on his cinematography, and use of “subtlety and nuance”, although his screenwriting is still considered to be the weakest aspect of the film.
A review by Shadow and Act was favorable, calling For Colored Girls “the best thing Perry has done to date.” The film is said to be a dramatic improvement from his earlier work. Perry is complimented on his cinematography, and use of “subtlety and nuance”, although his screenwriting is still considered to be the weakest aspect of the film.

For Colored Girls is an American film directed, produced, and written by Tyler Perry. It is an adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s 1975 stage play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.