Welcome to Flopcorn, where Reader writers and contributors pay tribute to our very favorite bad movies. In this installment, digital managing editor Karen Hawkins celebrated this weekend’s Super Blood Wolf Moon by watching Under the Cherry Moon, Prince’s follow-up to Purple Rain, with her sister Valerie, cousin Diane, and partner Samantha. She hopes they someday find it in their hearts to forgive her.
Prince both stars and directs, and legend has it that after the massive success of Purple Rain, the studio greenlit the project without seeing the script by first-time screenwriter Becky Johnston. While UTCM has a few redeeming moments of humor and music, overall this plan did not go well.
“You selfish son of a biscuit eater!”
The acting is . . . even worse.
Diane: Only Prince would walk around Paris in a ruffled shirt. Everyone else looks normal.
Sam: And Lestat!
Should you subject yourself or your loved ones to Under the Cherry Moon, my family recommends following it up—quickly— with Purple Rain or Sign ‘o’ the Times as a palate cleanser.
