Chu gives a wonderful and moving performance.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 29, 2021

Ms. Purple is a finely tuned meditation on the struggles of a young generation bravely attempting to provide for their elders while trying to stay afloat in a cutthroat SoCal society that has scant room for humane impulses.

| May 27, 2020

It is this mix of beauty and sadness that makes Chon's vision of Los Angeles' Koreatown so captivating.

| Original Score: B | Nov 12, 2019

Chon has become an important voice for the Asian-American experience which remains at the forefront of the vivid stories shared onscreen, their impact lingering long after leaving the theater. Subtle and mesmerizing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 5, 2019

A visually stunning sibling drama.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 4, 2019

A gorgeously melancholy mood drama.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 27, 2019

It's a film that should be absorbed and celebrated, giving many of us a peek into a world of which we might be unfamiliar, but exposing the similarities that bind us together as human beings.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Sep 27, 2019

It may look and feel like Hou-Hsiao Hsien (Millenium Mambo) and sound like Wong Kar-Wai (In the Mood for Love), but writer-director Justin Chon (Gook) doesn't have what it takes to do all that paraphrasing and still make the film his own.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 27, 2019

A hard-hitting but ultimately unsatisfying drama that impresses in spurts rather than as a whole.

| Original Score: C | Sep 26, 2019

This is a film with a committed sense of sadness, although it is never cloying or manipulative. The characters are too proud for that, but they wish they could be stronger.

| Sep 26, 2019

The empowerment trajectory of "Ms. Purple..." will surprise no one.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 24, 2019

"Ms. Purple" doesn't land every line, but the moments that do are tremendous in their ability to marry such a human subject with such larger-than-life theatrics.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2019

Mercifully, it only wastes a mere 85 minutes of your life, but that's 85 minutes you could have spent doing more interesting things like copying recipes or paying bills.

| Original Score: C | Sep 22, 2019

Breakouts turns by lead Tiffany Chu and co-writer-director Justin Chon. A poignant and brutal portrait of siblings in L.A.'s Koreatown.

| Original Score: A- | Sep 20, 2019

Though director Justin Chon seems to be going for something authentic, the use of languid camera moves, slow motion, moody lighting, and a droning score adds little and frustrates much.

| Sep 19, 2019

Filmmaking is all about the right visual tool for the right job, and Justin Chon's Ms. Purple makes use of lush colors to tell its contemplative story.

| Sep 19, 2019

Carey and Kasie have suppressed most outward signs of emotion. But Chu and Lee show the emotion roiling beneath the surface...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 19, 2019

The story of second-generation alienation and exploitation can seem disjointed, but amid the chaos of Kasie's life, [Justin] Chon finds enough heartbreak to make his movie stick with you.

| Sep 19, 2019

The film gets messy here and there, but "Ms. Purple" has ideas on culture, relationships, and the never-ending Double Dutch game of pride.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 19, 2019

Ms. Purple's cloudy romanticism is something that it, and we in the audience, need to work for. But it's worth it.

| Sep 18, 2019