For Colored Girls is a dramatic film that was released on November 5, 2010. The film is directed by Tyler Perry, who previously directed Why Did I Get Married Too? and I Can Do Bad All by Myself.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1347153/ Perry also penned the screenplay. It was adapted from the stage play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf, written by Ntozake Shange.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405500/fullcredits#cast The tagline of For Colored Girls is "Many voices. One poem.”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405500/

The movie stars Janet Jackson , Kimberly Elise, Loretta Devine, Thandie Newton and Kerry Washington.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405500/ Both Janet Jackson and Kimberly Elise starred in previous Tyler Perry productions. Jackson played Patricia in Why Did I Get Married? and the sequel.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0906108/ Elise won the lead actress role in Diary of a Mad Black Woman.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0253708/

For Colored Girls explores the various stories of African-American women living in close proximity, and their personal tribulations in life and love. One character struggles with the aftermath of rape while another becomes involved in an abusive relationship. Each character struggles to overcome her personal obstacles. At the same time, they try to discover what role their skin color plays in their personal lives.http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/forcoloredgirls/

• Janet Jackson: Jo/Red
• Kimberly Elise: Crystal / Brown
• Loretta Devine: Juanita / Green
• Thandie Newton: Tangie / Orange
• Kerry Washington: Kelly / Blue
• Anika Noni Rose: Yasmine / Yellow
• Tessa Thompson: Nyla / Purple
• Phylicia Rashad: Gilda
• Whoopi Goldberg: Alice / White
• Macy Gray: Rose
• Michael Ealy: Beau Willie
• Omari Hardwick: Carl
• Richard Lawson: Frank
• Hill Harper: Donald
• Khalil Kain: Bill
• Rayna Tharani: Renee
• Jaycee Williams: Kenya
• Thomas 'Deuce' Jessup: Kwame
• May Zayan: Katina
• John Crow: Dr. Davis

“I got real, dead, love in here for you now.”—Juanita / Green

“Ever since I realized there was someone called a colored girl, or an evil woman, or a nag - I’ve been trying not to be that.”—Juanita / Greenhttp://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/forcoloredgirls/

“Being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven’t conquered yet.”—Tangie / Orangehttp://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/forcoloredgirls/

"With his 10th film, Perry has tried to make a "serious" film. One that courts critical acclaim and maybe even some of the Oscar buzz that the Perry-produced Precious found this time last year. But make no mistake about it, For Colored Girls is not much of a departure for Perry, who has made a trademark out of extreme melodrama, done quick and cheap. That might be good news for his ardent fans, but it's bad news for everyone else."—Jake Coyle of The Associated Presshttp://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12046750

"Saying that For Colored Girls is the most disciplined, least clownish film that Tyler Perry has made (his best film to date ) is faint praise indeed. And, that's how it's meant."—Marshall Fine for The Huffington Posthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/marshall-fine/huffpost-review-ifor-colo_b_778209.html

"In Shange's play, every women is assigned her own color of the rainbow. But aside from the corny opening title sequence in which a black female body is seen pirouetting behind different-colored sheer fabrics, the conceit goes nowhere. This is because Perry has no gift for complexity and no visual sophistication or sense of reality. He makes legit New York City streets seem like sets; Extras look like obvious props and danger is contrived."—Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazinehttp://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/for-colored-girls/5127

"That’s not to say the movie entirely works. The seven unnamed characters and 20 poems comprising Shange’s original play have been expanded into a sometimes soapy ensemble pic. A septet of loosely connected New York women grapple with their individual miseries against a soundstage bizarrely resembling Sesame Street. But, something compelling happens here that shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand."—Lisa Rosman of Time Out New Yorkhttp://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/film/537327/for-colored-girls