Under the Cherry Moon

It is fast and featherweight, and the diminutive Prince is funny, cheekily charming and pretty as a picture.

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.

It's strange that so few critics seemed to understand that it's a silly film, purposefully so, and tried to use their prose to laugh at it - as if Prince weren't laughing way ahead of them. He was TELLING the joke.

A romantic tragedy focused on big emotions and incredible outfits, a buddy comedy and a light social satire, Under the Cherry Moon jettisons Purple Rain’s Greek tragedy of a narrative for a vibe that feels more like Éric Rohmer