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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Dallas Observer (1,128) on 01 Feb 2017

Beloved tries to be an anthem of the spirit, and that's just about the most difficult--and unfilmable--thing you can attempt in the movies…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 24 Jul 2016

One of the more high-minded and painful follies of recent years…

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By Edward Guthmann (364) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 05 Jan 2016

Doesn't sanitize its tale of African American loss and survival -- the way Steven Spielberg's “The Color Purple'' did -- but delves deeply,…

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By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Jan 2016

This terrifyingly beautiful movie blends metaphor and stark social commentary to achieve a spontaneous grace…

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By J. Hoberman (756) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 Mar 2015

Dutiful as it is, Jonathan Demme's Beloved doesn't succeed so much as it abides…it moves in leisurely fits and--unencumbered by style…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 09 Jan 2014

Beloved is for those who want substance from a movie, and don't mind facing uncomfortable truths in the process…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 04 Dec 2013

Though Beloved sags into repetition after two of its three hours, this beautiful movie is suffused with an intensity that holds our attention…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 15 Apr 2013

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…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 04 May 2012

The performances of all the central and secondary characters match the passionate intensity of the film's behind-the-scenes collaborators…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 20 Aug 2011

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

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By Damiendarko777 (18) on 05 May 2011

A harrowing drama-ghost story which serves as a metaphor for the ugliness of past sins still haunting the present…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Apr 2011

At nearly three hours, however, it rather overstays its welcome, trying the patience even as it sustains intrigue regarding its final revelations…

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By Charles Taylor (365) for Salon.com (2,725) on 27 Dec 2010

When the movie isn't hitting us over the head, it's spooning out the material to us like broth to an invalid, drop by flavorless drop…

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By Elvis Mitchell (489) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 Dec 2010

Beloved works on its own but is much enhanced by familiarity with the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel…

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By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 22 Jul 2010

The dramatic payoff is a bit disappointing; the movie is often overwrought; and its sense of its own importance finally wears you down…

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By Kinnithj (1) on 14 Sep 2009

This is one of the most gripping and interesting films I've ever seen…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Apr 2009

The film had a curious effect on me…

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By Sandra Contreras (38) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 10 Dec 2008

They've taken material with the power to insinuate itself directly into the realm of the imagination, and made it strangely inert and lifeless…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 27 May 2007

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

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By Stephen Hunter (927) for Washington Post (9,851) on 17 Dec 2004

Powerful, depressing and very, very long. At close to three hours, it virtually enslaves an audience, which may be part of the point…

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Beloved (1998) achieved an average score of 58% and has generally received mixed reviews.

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