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A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora ...( read more 
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MCT:June 27, 2008I absolutley love this movie it makes me laugh and cry this is a great work by all involved especially Halley Berry...Bravo!!!
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MCT:March 18, 2008
Great movie. I was glad Janie left her first husband for Joe Starks, until he ended up being an idiot. But also sad for the old guy (Logan Killicks). All he wanted was for someone to be there in his final days. Even though he never expressed it. Too bad Tea Cake got sick, and Janie had to kill him. This was one of Halle Berry's best performances.
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MCT:February 14, 2008
Halle Berry stars in this version of Zora Neale Hurston's novel, adapted for television and produced by Oprah Winfrey. The story centers on Janie Crawford (Berry), a free-spirited woman who lives her ...
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MCT:January 30, 2008
Not nearly as good as reading the book, but movies hardly ever are. I have to give it to this movie for reminding me of the story again and Why I fell in love with it.
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MCT:January 2, 2008Breath of fresh air, made me want to just live and love and be stress free! Love Halle and Ealy in the movie, the love scenes were dynamic, I could really feel the chemistry with those two!
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Janie has the idea that marriage must involve love, forged in a pivotal early scene where she sees bees pollinating a pear tree and believes that marriage is the human equivalent to this natural process. Logan Killicks, however, wants a domestic helper rather than a lover or partner, and after he begins to hit Janie and to try to force her to help him with the hard labor of the farm, Janie runs off with the glib Joe (Jody) Starks, who takes her to Eatonville.Starks arrives in Eatonville (the United States's first all-black community) to find the residents devoid of ambition, so he arranges to buy more land from the neighboring landowner, hires some local residents to build a general store for him to own and run, and has himself appointed mayor. Janie soon realizes that Joe wants her as a trophy.posted 303 days ago -
He wants the image of his perfect wife to reinforce his powerful position in town, as he asks her to run the store but forbids her from participating in the substantial social life that occurs on the store's front porch.
After Starks dies, Janie finds herself financially independent and beset with suitors, some of whom are men of some means or have prestigious occupations, but she falls in love with a drifter and gambler named Vergible Woods who goes by the name of Tea Cake throughout the story. She sells the store and the two head to Jacksonville and get married, only to move to the Everglades region soon after for Tea Cake to find work planting and harvesting beans. While their relationship has its ups and downs, including mutual bouts of jealousy, Janie now has the marriage with love that she had wanted.posted 303 days ago -
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The area is hit by the great Okeechobee Hurricane, and while Tea Cake and Janie survive it, Tea Cake is bitten by a rabid dog while saving Janie from drowning. He contracts the disease himself. He ultimately tries to shoot Janie with his pistol, but she shoots him with a rifle in self-defense. She is charged with murder. At the trial, Tea Cake's black, male friends show up to oppose her, while a group of local white women arrive to support her. The all-white jury acquits Janie, and she gives Tea Cake a lavish funeral. Tea Cake's friends forgive her, and they want her to remain in the Everglades. However, she decides to return to Eatonville, only to find the residents gossiping about her.
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If you like this movie you should read the book; or if you haven't seen it yet, read the book first. THis movie is definitely not as good as the book.
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I only saw this movie once too, but it IS one of those movies that you get totally lost in and I really really want to it again.
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