'For Colored Girls' directed by Tyler Perry is an adaptation of a Tony Award-nominated drama written by Ntozake Shange. Clint O'Conner, a reviewer for the Plain Dealer, writes of Tyler Perry: "He took Ntozake Shange's 1974 choreopic 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf' and condensed and expanded it into a extravaganza for the big screen". evaluate the experience of black women in America” (O’Connor 1). “For Colored Girls” is an emotionally charged drama about the struggles modern black women face to find their voice in America. This masterpiece with a stellar cast of African-American women will be talked about for years to come. Tyler Perry is at his best and the ensemble of African American actresses he has assembled to play the original cast of Mrs. Shange is amazing. I agree with Peter Debruge when he talks about Perry's work: “In adapting Ntozake Shange's Tony-nominated play -- a cycle of poetic monologues about abuse, abortion and other issues facing black women modern, rather than traditional narrative -- the jack-of-all-trades author demonstrates an ambition that goes beyond any of his previous work” (Debruge 1). Tyler Perry's film tackles everything from rape to post-traumatic stress disorder with a rhythmic pace that pays homage to Ms. Shange's original work. The film begins by following the lives of eight women whose lives intertwine and intersect in modern-day Harlem. . Patrick Ivers, film critic, writes: “Tyler Perry's powerful work of pain, poetry and precious intensity, lyrical lament to rhythms of resentment brings together eight women and their traumatic experiences. They have suffered physical and verbal abuse, abandonment, infidelity, infection, me...... middle of paper......s, sister and brothers together and asking questions. The soundtrack and the poetry that was played, danced and recited in all the scenes of the film, sent my mind on a journey, that if the image itself had not touched my heart, the sounds would have made me move. The images, sounds, words and colors of the film came together like the colors of a rainbow. “For Colored Girls” gave me the opportunity to step out of my shoes and go on a journey I would never have considered traveling. I realized that even though the path may be different and the ride may be more difficult, by working together we too can unite like the colors of a rainbow shining through, and out of, any storm. No matter what I'm going through in life, this movie showed me that I'm not alone, and often leaning on someone else's shoulders will help me overcome any obstacle.