Fresh
A movie that requires the viewer to meet it halfway. Those willing to make the effort will be rewarded with an exquisitely photographed and intricately layered drama.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Beloved
The past has a life of its own.
1998 · 2h 52m · R
Drama, History, Horror
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
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Beloved
Overview
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...
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71%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Something rare: a brave film about the emotional toll of slavery, the anguish of memory and the cruel divisions that still sear African American lives.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Demme's potent adaptation of Morrison's novel may be substantial, but it is also engrossing.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
A knot of fierce emotions that is left for the viewer to untangle. Make the effort.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
Once this film gets its bearings, the unsentimental fierceness of its vision brushes obstacles and quibbles from its path.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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