Graffiti Bridge | | Cast : | Prince, Morris Day | | Director : | Prince | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Surround Sound | | Released Date : | November 02, 1990 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 23, 2005 | | Summary | A guilty pleasure | Content
 | Graffiti Bridge was largely ignored on its release in the fall of 1990. And it's not hard to see why: It's horribly edited, rather horribly acted, and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Even die-hard Prince fans--myself among them--had a hard time supporting this one.
The main problem is probably that Warner Bros. wanted a sequel to the mega-hit Purple Rain. Prince apparently didn't want to make a sequel, but a fifties-style true musical. Unfortunately, a linear sequel to Purple Rain and a fifties-style musical just can't co-exist in the same film. Sure, it's got Prince as the Kid, Morris Day & Co., and a handful of references to the previous film. But people break into song whether or not they're on stage, and (in the aforementioned horrible editing) the sounds don't always match the performers' movements. The worst example of this is in Clinton's Club, when funky ol' George Clinton is singing "We Can Funk"...the song is a duet with Prince on the soundtrack album, and you can HEAR Prince singing in the scene, but he's nowhere to be found. And speaking of the soundtrack, some of the best cuts on the disc (released a good 6 months prior to the film's release) don't even appear in the film.
So why do I even give it a generous 3 stars? Well, I guess the thing kind of grows on ya after awhile. It's all pretty lightweight stuff, despite Prince's patented pseudo-Christian imagery. And the music that did make the cut is quite good, though Purple Rain fanatics will balk at the "new jack" sound that was all the rage in 1990.
In short, this isn't going to win Prince any new fans. But for those of us who still believe the Purple Wonder is about the best thing out there, Graffiti Bridge is a playful little curiosity that, in the end, really isn't so bad.
Oh, and it's nice to have the 4 music videos, especially a rare live version of "The Question of U."
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| Rating | | | Date | April 29, 2005 | | Summary | Flawed but misunderstood | Content
| Speaking as a Prince fan, he took himself too seriously with this one. 1990's "Graffiti Bridge" was slammed when it was released and it all falls on Prince. When promoting the film, he should've never presented it as a drama. "Graffiti Bridge" is a musical and that's it. It may not have a big setting like "Moulin Rouge" but it is similar to a 60's beach musical. The point of it is to enjoy the music, and on that part "Graffiti Bridge" delivers. It played like one long music video and that's the point. Prince knows that but he wanted to be a serious director and actor, something he is not. "Graffiti Bridge" is for an acquired taste, you either love it or hate it. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 14, 2004 | | Summary | One Of The Worst Movies I Have Ever Seen | Content
| I was a huge Prince fan when this movie came out and I remember how excited I was about it! So I took my girlfriend to it and was embarrassed for Prince and myself for dragging my girlfriend there. It was painfully unfunny, convoluted, poorly directed with terrible sets...ugh it's a terrible mess and doesn't deserve to be preserved. |
| Rating | | | Date | November 19, 2004 | | Summary | Artistic Courage | Content
| Prince exercised a lot of courage in this film. He basically took the vision of his music and centered a plot around it. The internal struggle of good vs evil, wrong vs right, etc..
This is definitely not the sequel to Purple Rain I would have wanted to see but, it does showcase some HOT music that mainstream radio completely forgot. "The Question of U" is one the most erotic pieces Prince has ever done as well as "Joy in Repetition" my personal favorite.
Yes I am a lifelong fan but I take these movies for what they are.. entertainment !!
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| Rating | | | Date | October 03, 2004 | | Summary | Prince is not afraid to take risks..he fails good | Content
| Whenever you take a risk there is a chance that people will call it a failure. That is what happened here. Under The Cherry Moon was a risk, Sign O The Times was a risk, even Purple Rain was a risk. That's just the way musicians and geniuses operate. They get on stage and do their thing...and hope that people love it. But if someone dosen't love it they don't stop doing it, they just keep doing it!! Watch Elephants and Flowers again. Watch New Power Generation again. He gets his point across if you will listen closely. |
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