Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

wingedheartart Well, I am not actually writing a spoiler, just commenting on the film. I am not a New York person, but enjoy movies based in/around New York. I am curious though, as to why so many movies or movies about Love seem kind of selfish. One thing that bothered me with this movie and with other similar movies...is if given a second or third chance at love with a person that obviously means VERY much to the other person, why throw it away because of needing space or time? Life is not stable....for the most part. We have no idea if we will be here tomorrow or if we will be able to tell those we love goodbye. So, why simmer in our own juices so to speak, when we have "found" love or the one we are meant to be with? That is what seemed selfish to me about some of the movie. Yes, it is "just" a movie, but it is trying to be a bit more than that..trying to show how we postpone/ruin/hurt our chances at love. I guess I'm saying, "Don't." If you click with someone and in a deep way, don't throw it away for ANY reason. Grab on, hold on, learn to share and be thankful for the gift. Love is an incredible gift. We screw it up and take it for granted, but instead of being narcissistic, SHARE yourself. That's all, didn't want to spoil the movie. It was quite good though, except for what I mentioned. We all think we have time "later" to do things....forgetting that "later" might not come at all. Thanks.

jentri76 I've been an Ed Burns fan for many years. I think the fact that he is an actor, writer and director shows over and over again in the work he produces. He's not a big, flashy kind of performer that writes for the masses, but rather an unconventional, understated artist who works from the heart. That is both rare and admirable. I thought the film had a certain sweetness and raw humor about it. Burns has a gift for finding the honest moments in life & interjecting elements of those into character driven pieces, where he gives them a new home on screen. Very naturalistic & effective approach to dialog too, as demonstrated in this film. Blair particularly shines.

gkeith_1 Oh, Patrick Wilson (Brian). I have seen him in Phantom of the Opera, Little Children, Evening and now Purple Violets. He is excellent. He was wasting his time with the "Ecstasy" woman in this one. I am glad he got rid of her. Patti is nicer, and more his cup of tea.......... Edward Burns (Murph) was comical, and his comeback from screwed-up alcoholic was redeeming when finally his ex-girlfriend (Kate) ended up (spoilers here) with him near the end of this movie. I am glad she made him wait, and kept him dangling on that string for so long.......... Patti's husband was a total moron, and such a liar when he was talking with Patti near the end -- and at the same time a slutty bimbo was waiting for him back in the bedroom. I mean, he was such a loser. She must have been better than the online porn, but maybe it was Brian's ex. Maybe she and Patti's husband deserved each other............ Kate was tough, and a good friend to Patti. All those years after college, you mean to tell me she had no relationships with anyone else after Murph? Score one for her -- making Murph take her to the best restaurant in NY.......... Finally, Patrick is a singer. He sang a little in Evening, and did a great job in Oklahoma (Youtube). I tell ya, this boy has a great future. He was very sexy in Evening, AND Phantom of the Opera, PLUS the scene in the laundry room with Kate Winslet (Little Children) was one for the memory books!!!!!!!!!Finally, does every story have to make sense? People IRL don't always have cut-and-dried-endings to their stories. Some are ongoing. Besides, we know that Patrick will end up in yet another movie, always being that sexy sweetie-pie self. I know that this is not the typical story about football players, car chases and people trying to out-run the police. This is a quiet story that somehow blends thoughts and dreams of thirty-somethings, who knew each other once upon a time, and who now hope to continue with the threads that will lead into their futures. I watched this movie to the end, and for me that says it was good and enjoyable. 10/10.

meeza There are some purple-people heartstring beaters which are entangled in New York romantic dilemmas that provide the film "Purple Violets" a proper cinematic blossom. The movie is the latest Writer-Director Edward Burns offering. Steady Eddie continues his streak as a master of developing relational narratives on the eccentricities of personal relationships between New Yorkans. The differential quality of "Purple Violets" contrary to most of Burns' past movies is that the central character here is a female. Selma Blair stars as Patti, a real estate agent who is in a quiescent entrapped marriage with an egoistic restaurateur. Patti is also a former author who craves returning to the literary form but lacks the inspiration. That is until she reunites with Brian Callahan, an old flame who also happens to be an acclaimed sleuth mystery writer. Brian's writing song these days is to formulate scribes on other relational themes that strike a writing chord with him. But unfortunately not for his fan base who crave for his detective novels; the book store signing scenes were a comedic delight. Michael "Murph" Murphy is Brian's BFF who morphs his life from an arrogant alcoholic college student to an arrogant non-alcoholic successful lawyer. Murph dated Patti's best friend Kate in college, but cheated her out of a potential nuptial if you get my adulterous drift. However, Murph now wants his Kate back and eat her too. Kate is a strident schoolteacher who does everything in her power to resist the Murphaleous charm. Patrick Wilson had the write stuff as the garrulous Brian and Edward Burns was a scene-stealer as the carefree Murph. And I am not going to even mess with Debra Messing's strong brassy performance as Kate. But the premier acting of "Purple Violets" came in the shape of Selma Blair's delicate but empowering stand-pat work as Patti. "Purple Violets" also had some fine supporting acting tulips as well from Dennis Farina as Patti's preaching boss Gilmore and Donal Logue as her overbearing husband Chazz. But at the end of the day what made these "Purple Violets" grow in out hearts was Burns' ingenious scribe and direction. His artistic message of creating movies for self-enrichment and acting in others for audience satisfaction is delivered wisely in the film. Do not violate your movie pleasure by not nourishing the "Purple Violets". Feed them now with your viewing! ***** Excellent