Beloved

Name: Beloved
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Released: October 16, 1998
Duration: 172 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey

1998

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National Broadcasting Company (NBC) | Release Date: October 16, 1998 | R

Starring: Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey

Summary: Based on Toni Morrison's acclaimed novel, this is the story of a runaway slave struggling to carve out a simple existence with her children in rural Ohio.

Director: Jonathan Demme

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery

Rating: R

Runtime: 172 min

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Edward Guthmann

Doesn't sanitize its tale of African American loss and survival -- the way Steven Spielberg's “The Color Purple'' did -- but delves deeply, heartbreakingly into an American tragedy. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Jonathan Demme's potent adaptation of Morrison's novel may be substantial, but it is also engrossing, a movie that plays at times like a combination of “Gone With The Wind” and “The Exorcist.” Read full review

Peter Travers

What is surprising -- remarkable even -- is that Beloved arrives onscreen with a minimum of dull virtue, gagging uplift and slick Hollywood gloss. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Winfrey's performance is full of stoic anger, and individual moments have ferocity and pull, yet you're always aware of them as moments. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Though Beloved sags into repetition after two of its three hours, this beautiful movie is suffused with an intensity that holds our attention for the conclusion. Read full review

David Sterritt

Much of the acting is solid, but earnest performances can't give the picture all the bite and excitement it sorely needs. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Beloved has an almost gut-wrenching quality to it. But the same can't be said for the movie overall--it's a noble, ambitious failure, but a failure nonetheless. Read full review

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kinnithj

Sep 15, 2009

This is one of the most gripping and interesting films I've ever seen. its just so deep with its many metaphors and it really makes the viewer think. I watched the film then immediately bought the book and read it two times back-to-back. It is just that interesting!

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DamienDarko777

May 6, 2011

A harrowing drama-ghost story which serves as a metaphor for the ugliness of past sins still haunting the present. Truly disturbing film-making, full of grief and anguish that everyone tries to hide under the surface, but it all comes out in the end. Thandie Newton gave one of the bestA harrowing drama-ghost story which serves as a metaphor for the ugliness of past sins still haunting the present. Truly disturbing film-making, full of grief and anguish that everyone tries to hide under the surface, but it all comes out in the end. Thandie Newton gave one of the best performances ever filmed, and the rest of the cast is nearly as riveting. This is a difficult film in a sense, but also very poetic and ultimately joyous. I highly recommend it.… Expand

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