Heartbreaking and hopeful look at life in Koreatown and two siblings journey to survive and find themselves.

Ms. Purple is the kind of low-budget film, with inexpensive-looking slo-mo effects and an overwhelming score (the filmmakers anticipate any and all requests that the violins be cued) one usually sees only in local film festivals.

Carla Meyer

San Francisco Chronicle

Ms. Purple is a gorgeous film about one of the worst moments of many people’s lives, but isn’t the act of living just learning how to survive these irreplaceable losses?

Monica Castillo

TheWrap

Subtlety dissipates as Justin Chon’s film grasps for something louder and more obvious.

Steven Scaife

Slant Magazine