Purple Rain

1984 • 111 minutes

About this movie

Rock star Prince plays a headstrong, vulnerable young musician known as "the kid." He struggles with his own psyche and family pressures ofan alcoholic father who beats his mother. He sees his father's madness infecting both his music and his own personal life. MPAA Rating: R

Ratings and reviews

Prince plays struggling Minneapolis musician The Kidd in this semi-autobiographical rock drama, with AWESOME music by Prince and the Revolution, The Time and Apollonia 6. Eminem basically ripped it off note-for-note when he did 8-Mile, lol

I loved it... all my favourite prince songs, plus added drama through the plot

Probably pretty close to Princes real life