Forget the Film, Get the Soundtrack

Sargebri

When this film first came out, a lot of people were very excited about the fact that it was Prince's big screen debut.  However, when I first saw this film I didn't see what the big deal was.  The story (or what passed off for a story) was rather thin and Prince really showed that he was a much better musician than an actor.  The only performance that really stood out was Morris Day.  Day really showed that he was a good comic actor and this led to several jobs after this film.  But the real strength of this film was the soundtrack, which happens to be one of the greatest albums ever.  Too bad the movie didn't hold up as well as the phenomenal album that resulted from it.

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Sargebri 22 November 2003

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0214236/