“For Colored Girls” is Tyler Perry’s latest film ... known for her roles in “Crash” and “W,” who plays Tangie, the lady in orange. Excerpts: Q: So your character does some nasty ...

Newton wasn't familiar with Ntozake Shange's original play, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf," nor had her role of Tangie — the saucy, sexually independent ...

“For Colored Girls” is not easy ... it’s hard to hide the weak spots: Newton’s Tangie swings too wildly; Goldberg’s Alice, clad in white and rage, never finds traction; and Rashad ...

"For Colored Girls" is a serious achievement ... which means everyone has big emotions to play. Thandie Newton is Tangie, who uses promiscuity as a drug to ward off pain. She lives next door ...

"For Colored Girls" is painful. Directed ... and even places of work are heavy-handed (Lady in Orange is named Tangie and Lady in Red runs "Robe Rouge" magazine) and may seem confusing to those ...

Perry confronts a daunting challenge with “For Colored Girls,” an update of the 1977 ... Newton is explosive as sexaholic bartender Tangie, while captivating Tessa Thompson plays her kinder ...

Tyler Perry's "For Colored Girls" has all the right pieces ... Across the hall is the brash, brassy Tangie (Thandie Newton), whose liberal sexuality runs rampant with multiple one-night stands.

“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the ... has her eye on the situation as well as the one across the hall where Tangie (Thandie Newton) entertains a different man every night.

Unlike "Precious," ''For Colored Girls" at least hasn't awkwardly jammed ... Across the hall from Crystal is Tangie (Thandie Newton), a bartender who slides into bed easily with her customers.

"For Colored Girls" also has more than a few blemishes ... on the same floor of a walk-up as Gilda (Rashad) and Tangie (Thandie Newton). Kerry Washington plays child-welfare caseworker Kelly ...

Unlike "Precious," ''For Colored Girls" at least hasn't awkwardly jammed ... Across the hall from Crystal is Tangie (Thandie Newton), a bartender who slides into bed easily with her customers.

And if his For Colored Girls doesn’t overcome the play’s staginess ... There’s sexually assertive bombshell barmaid Tangie (Thandie Newton, ferocious), who uses men and insultingly kicks ...