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Roger Ebert reviews Graffiti Bridge, the 1990 musical drama written, directed by, and starring Prince, alongside Morris Day, Ingrid Chavez, Jerome Benton, and Tevin Campbell.
A follow-up to Purple Rain, the film brings back Prince as The Kid and Morris Day as a rival club owner in a story centered around music, spirituality, romance, and competition over the Glam Slam nightclub. While the soundtrack became part of Prince’s early-1990s catalog, the film itself received a much colder critical response.
In this review, Ebert looks at the film’s musical numbers, Prince’s return to the screen, and why Graffiti Bridge struggled to capture the energy and emotional power of Purple Rain.
Roger Ebert reviews Graffiti Bridge, the 1990 musical drama written, directed by, and starring Prince, alongside Morris Day, Ingrid Chavez, Jerome Benton, and Tevin Campbell.
A follow-up to Purple Rain, the film brings back Prince as The Kid and Morris Day as a rival club owner in a story centered around music, spirituality, romance, and competition over the Glam Slam nightclub. While the soundtrack became part of Prince’s early-1990s catalog, the film itself received a much colder critical response.
In this review, Ebert looks at the film’s musical numbers, Prince’s return to the screen, and why Graffiti Bridge struggled to capture the energy and emotional power of Purple Rain.
