Review of Belle (2013) by David Denby for The New Yorker — 11 May 2014
The movie is a moralized historical fantasy, mixing love and politics in Old Hollywood style. Yet I can’t bring myself to be indignant about its inventions. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who was born in Oxford and has acted since she was a child, speaks her lines with tremulous emotion and, finally, radiant authority.
Austen, I think, would have been thrilled.
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This review of Belle (2013) was written by David Denby and published by The New Yorker on 11 May 2014.
Belle has generally received positive reviews.
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