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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 11 May 2014

The movie is a moralized historical fantasy, mixing love and politics in Old Hollywood style…

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By Dominic Mill (48) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 08 May 2014

In a world despicably over-saturated with British period dramas, Belle is a really rather pleasant surprise…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 08 May 2014

The latest example of the important rule Never judge a movie by its advertising…

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By Cary Darling (452) for Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com (553) on 08 May 2014

There's the occasional false note. The proto-abolitionist Davinier has been given dialogue that verges on the preachy…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 08 May 2014

12 YEARS A SLAVE meets DOWNTON ABBEY. Well made if not great…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 08 May 2014

Belle, with its country manors and its city slums, its snooty nobles and its fiery idealists, its ballroom dances and barroom conspiracies,…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 08 May 2014

Needless to say, Belle is a handsome piece of selectively reupholstered history, but its lesson on the victories of social progress in England…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 07 May 2014

In its broad strokes, Belle captures the intrigue of the real Dido, subject of a famously captivating portrait that is more fascinating and…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 07 May 2014

A beautiful, thoughtful performance in a film that has all of the trappings of the best sumptuous costume dramas but has a story with unexpected…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Grantland (318) on 07 May 2014

[The movie] is so determined to be moral and good and optimistically anti-tragic that it forgets to be interesting, original, and illuminating…

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By Katherine Monk (493) for Canada.com (402) on 07 May 2014

Wilkinson gives shape to the sausage of history by letting is sizzle in a cast-iron skillet of feelings…

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By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 07 May 2014

A lavish 18th-century historical piece that blends a Jane Austen-like romance with a political drama that explores slavery from a unique perspective…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 07 May 2014

This effectively turns a story about race into a story about rank…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 07 May 2014

The period production, including costume design and makeup, is first rate, as is the nicely composed photography…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 07 May 2014

One occasionally wishes Asante had chosen a more rigorous course of action with her period piece, but she perhaps also knows that sugar is…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 07 May 2014

Belle has the pace and sumptuous cinematography of a Merchant and Ivory production, but none of their memorable characters, subtle performances,…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 07 May 2014

The movie packs a lot in, and the quick pace of early scenes can feel like running on a treadmill, but Belle settles into a nice rhythm…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 May 2014

This British historical drama is getting the inspiring true story treatment, though the inspiring parts aren't true and the true parts aren't…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 07 May 2014

Its best performers find their truths and telling details in between the straightforward expository lines…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 07 May 2014

An engrossing, beautifully appointed, if somewhat prosaic and historically loose, docu-drama…

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